Janina Fels
Biographic Data
| ID | 4094389 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janina Fels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janina |
| FAMILY NAME | Fels |
| SIGNATURE | FELS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | RWTH Aachen University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8694-7750 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring age-related inhibitory deficits in auditory attention
In multi-talker environments, inhibitory deficits may increase interference from auditory distractors and impair selective listening. To investigate whether age-related inhibitory deficits contribute to reduced control of auditory attention, we tested 45 younger and 45 older adults in a cued selective listening task. In each trial, a visual cue guided attention toward one of three sound sources (A, B, or C). Unlike previous studies that included …
Beyond words
Listening to a conversation between two talkers and recalling the information is a common goal in verbal communication. However, cognitive-psychological experiments on short-term memory performance often rely on rather simple stimulus material, such as unrelated word lists or isolated sentences. The present study uniquely incorporated running speech, such as listening to a two-talker conversation, to investigate whether talker-related visual cues…
Differential Effects of Task-Irrelevant Monaural and Binaural Classroom Scenarios on Children’s and Adults’ Speech Perception, Listening Comprehension, and Visual–Verbal Short-Term Memory
Most studies investigating the effects of environmental noise on children's cognitive performance examine the impact of monaural noise (i.e., same signal to both ears), oversimplifying multiple aspects of binaural hearing (i.e., adequately reproducing interaural differences and spatial information). In the current study, the effects of a realistic classroom-noise scenario presented either monaurally or binaurally on tasks requiring processing of …
Examining the Auditory Selective Attention Switch in a Child-Suited Virtual Reality Classroom Environment
The ability to focus ones attention in different acoustical environments has been thoroughly investigated in the past. However, recent technological advancements have made it possible to perform laboratory experiments in a more realistic manner. In order to investigate close-to-real-life scenarios, a classroom was modeled in virtual reality (VR) and an established paradigm to investigate the auditory selective attention (ASA) switch was translate…
Children’s intentional switching of auditory selective attention in spatial and noisy acoustic environments in comparison to adults
Children's development and education take place in educational buildings with highly complex acoustic scenes, including spatially distributed target speakers, many surrounding distracting sounds, and general background noises. Auditory selective attention, therefore, is a valuable tool to orient oneself, to focus on specific sound sources, and to extract relevant information. Until now, it is unknown to what extent children have developed the cog…
Towards Child-Appropriate Virtual Acoustic Environments
Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) play a significant role in modern acoustic experiment designs in the auralization of 3-dimensional virtual acoustic environments. This technique enables us to create close to real-life situations including room-acoustic effects, background noise and multiple sources in a controlled laboratory environment. While adult HRTF databases are widely available to the research community, datasets of children are not…
FNIRS Assessment of Speech Comprehension in Children with Normal Hearing and Children with Hearing Aids in Virtual Acoustic Environments
The integration of virtual acoustic environments (VAEs) with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) offers novel avenues to investigate behavioral and neural processes of speech-in-noise (SIN) comprehension in complex auditory scenes. Particularly in children with hearing aids (HAs), the combined application might offer new insights into the neural mechanism of SIN perception in simulated real-life acoustic scenarios. Here, we present firs…
Perceptual studies on air quality and sound through urban walks
Perceptual studies on air quality and sound through urban walks
FNIRS Assessment of Speech Comprehension in Children with Normal Hearing and Children with Hearing Aids in Virtual Acoustic Environments
The integration of virtual acoustic environments (VAEs) with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) offers novel avenues to investigate behavioral and neural processes of speech-in-noise (SIN) comprehension in complex auditory scenes. Particularly in children with hearing aids (HAs), the combined application might offer new insights into the neural mechanism of SIN perception in simulated real-life acoustic scenarios. Here, we present firs…
Towards Child-Appropriate Virtual Acoustic Environments
Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) play a significant role in modern acoustic experiment designs in the auralization of 3-dimensional virtual acoustic environments. This technique enables us to create close to real-life situations including room-acoustic effects, background noise and multiple sources in a controlled laboratory environment. While adult HRTF databases are widely available to the research community, datasets of children are not…
Differential Effects of Task-Irrelevant Monaural and Binaural Classroom Scenarios on Children’s and Adults’ Speech Perception, Listening Comprehension, and Visual–Verbal Short-Term Memory
Most studies investigating the effects of environmental noise on children's cognitive performance examine the impact of monaural noise (i.e., same signal to both ears), oversimplifying multiple aspects of binaural hearing (i.e., adequately reproducing interaural differences and spatial information). In the current study, the effects of a realistic classroom-noise scenario presented either monaurally or binaurally on tasks requiring processing of …
Examining the Auditory Selective Attention Switch in a Child-Suited Virtual Reality Classroom Environment
The ability to focus ones attention in different acoustical environments has been thoroughly investigated in the past. However, recent technological advancements have made it possible to perform laboratory experiments in a more realistic manner. In order to investigate close-to-real-life scenarios, a classroom was modeled in virtual reality (VR) and an established paradigm to investigate the auditory selective attention (ASA) switch was translate…
Children’s intentional switching of auditory selective attention in spatial and noisy acoustic environments in comparison to adults
Children's development and education take place in educational buildings with highly complex acoustic scenes, including spatially distributed target speakers, many surrounding distracting sounds, and general background noises. Auditory selective attention, therefore, is a valuable tool to orient oneself, to focus on specific sound sources, and to extract relevant information. Until now, it is unknown to what extent children have developed the cog…
Exploring age-related inhibitory deficits in auditory attention
In multi-talker environments, inhibitory deficits may increase interference from auditory distractors and impair selective listening. To investigate whether age-related inhibitory deficits contribute to reduced control of auditory attention, we tested 45 younger and 45 older adults in a cued selective listening task. In each trial, a visual cue guided attention toward one of three sound sources (A, B, or C). Unlike previous studies that included …
Beyond words
Listening to a conversation between two talkers and recalling the information is a common goal in verbal communication. However, cognitive-psychological experiments on short-term memory performance often rely on rather simple stimulus material, such as unrelated word lists or isolated sentences. The present study uniquely incorporated running speech, such as listening to a two-talker conversation, to investigate whether talker-related visual cues…
Computer Science (6 works) · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (6 works) · Active listening (5 works) · Noise Effects and Management (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Speech recognition (4 works) · Acoustics (3 works) · Audiology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works)