Listen to the following audio, narrated by Dr. Wu, that describes HAAR Lab research and invites students to join the research team.

The long-term goal of the HAAR Lab is to develop accurate, sensitive, and efficient methodologies/measures to assess behaviors and perception during speech communication for older adults with hearing impairment. The methodologies and measures can be used to determine the success of hearing health care, optimize the configuration of hearing enhancement technologies, and identify the problems that prevent or reduce the benefit from or use of hearing enhancement technologies.

The HAAR Lab is a fully equipped experimental facility housed in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. The laboratory is outfitted with a control space and a custom double-walled sound suite for audiological, speech recognition, and other perceptual tests. The facility also contains a reverberation chamber, anechoic chamber, equipment, tools, and software for creating a wide range of acoustical environments.