Faculty

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Unit

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Virginia Best

Research Associate Professor

Boston University

Affiliations

Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

Health Sciences

Occupational Therapy

Physical Therapy

Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Virginia Best is currently serving as a Health Sciences Research Associate Professor at Boston University.

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Virginia Best

Boston University

Research Associate Professor

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audiology cognitive science hearing research hearing loss auditory science acoustical engineering bioacoustics neuroscience communication linguistics speech perception psychoacoustics acoustic signal processing acoustic ecology speech processing cognitive neuroscience speech intelligibility hearing-impaired listeners spatial release acoustic modeling audio electroacoustics underwater acoustics auditory physiology human hearing acoustical oceanography speech-on-speech masking attention speech communication beamforming behavioral neuroscience visual perception phonetics brain science neural science speech analysis speech science language comprehension auditory modeling audio analysis informational masking localization ornithology avian biology otorhinolaryngology speech separation speech localization cocktail party problem sensorineural hearing loss human listeners spatial unmasking everyday conversational sentences language testing language assessment prosody (linguistics) source separation spoken language processing binaural interference informational components better-ear glimpsing sound localization spatialized speech mixtures animal cognition scientometrics music perception clinical otolaryngology craniofacial research oral biology zoology psychological science speech production target identification neurodynamics chronobiology mind-body connection psychophysics human sciences human sound localization spatial auditory attention music noise aural augmentation

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Brain-Inspired Algorithm Improves “Cocktail Party” Listening for Individuals With Hearing Loss. Communications Engineering (2025)

Alexander D BoydVirginia BestKamal Sen

human hearingauditory sciencecommunication disordersbrain-inspired algorithmspeech processingneurosciencespeech perceptionaudiologyhearing researchhearing lossauditory modelingspeech communication

A Brain-Inspired Algorithm Improves Cocktail Party Listening for Individuals With Hearing Loss. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Alexander D BoydVirginia BestKamal Sen

artificial intelligenceauditory scienceadaptive algorithmsbrain-inspired algorithmcognitive neuroscienceneurosciencecommunicationbioacousticshearing losscognitive sciencecomputational neurosciencemachine learning

Construction Site Noise Exposure Assessment Using Binaural Measurements and Analysis. Safety (2024)

Nikolina SamardzicVirginia BestChristian HammondAslihan KaratasBehzad EsmaeiliHaitham Sarsam

construction engineeringbinaural measurementssafetyenvironmental engineeringenvironmental noisenoise

Effect of Hearing Aids on the Externalization of Everyday Sounds. JASA Express Letters (2024)

Elin RoverudVirginia Best

human hearingcommunicationspeech perceptionhearing researcheveryday soundshearing loss

Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids. Trends in Hearing (2024)

Virginia BestElin Roverud

auditory sciencecommunicationaudiologyhearing losshearing aidscognitive science

Feasibility of an Adaptive Version of the Everyday Conversational Sentences in Noise Test. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Kelly MilesVirginia BestJörg M. Buchholz

adaptive versionlinguisticseveryday conversational sentencesnoise testspeech perceptioncognitive science

Relating Monaural and Binaural Measures of Modulation Sensitivity in Listeners With and Without Hearing Loss. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2024)

Virginia BestChristopher Conroy

auditory sciencemodulation sensitivityhearing lossbinaural measures

An Effect of Gaze Direction in Cocktail Party Listening. Trends in Hearing (2023)

Virginia BestAlex D. BoydKamal Sen

auditory sciencegaze directioncommunicationaudiologyhearing researchbioacousticscognitive sciencebehavioral sciences

Audio-Visual Scene Analysis in Conditions With Head- and Eye-Steered Beamformers in Virtual Reality. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2023)

Axel AhrensAdam WestermannVirginia BestTorsten DauTobias Neher

audio analysisneuroscienceeye-steered beamformersaudiologyvirtual realityaudio-visual scene analysisacoustical engineeringscene analysisscene interpretation

Challenges in Providing Augmented Hearing for Individuals With Hearing Loss. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2023)

Douglas S. BrungartVirginia BestAlyssa Davidson

human augmentationaugmented hearingaudiologyhearing losscognitive scienceacoustical engineering

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Virginia Best

Research Associate Professor

Boston University

Affiliations

Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences

Health Sciences

Occupational Therapy

Physical Therapy

Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences

Virginia Best is currently serving as a Health Sciences Research Associate Professor at Boston University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Virginia Best

Boston University

Research Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Brain-Inspired Algorithm Improves “Cocktail Party” Listening for Individuals With Hearing Loss. Communications Engineering (2025)

Alexander D BoydVirginia BestKamal Sen

human hearingauditory sciencecommunication disordersbrain-inspired algorithmspeech processingneurosciencespeech perceptionaudiologyhearing researchhearing lossauditory modelingspeech communication

A Brain-Inspired Algorithm Improves Cocktail Party Listening for Individuals With Hearing Loss. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)

Alexander D BoydVirginia BestKamal Sen

Construction Site Noise Exposure Assessment Using Binaural Measurements and Analysis. Safety (2024)

Nikolina SamardzicVirginia BestChristian HammondAslihan KaratasBehzad EsmaeiliHaitham Sarsam

construction engineeringbinaural measurementssafetyenvironmental engineeringenvironmental noisenoise

Effect of Hearing Aids on the Externalization of Everyday Sounds. JASA Express Letters (2024)

Elin RoverudVirginia Best

human hearingcommunicationspeech perceptionhearing researcheveryday soundshearing loss

Externalization of Speech When Listening With Hearing Aids. Trends in Hearing (2024)

Virginia BestElin Roverud

auditory sciencecommunicationaudiologyhearing losshearing aidscognitive science

Feasibility of an Adaptive Version of the Everyday Conversational Sentences in Noise Test. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research (2024)

Kelly MilesVirginia BestJörg M. Buchholz

adaptive versionlinguisticseveryday conversational sentencesnoise testspeech perceptioncognitive science

Relating Monaural and Binaural Measures of Modulation Sensitivity in Listeners With and Without Hearing Loss. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2024)

Virginia BestChristopher Conroy

auditory sciencemodulation sensitivityhearing lossbinaural measures

An Effect of Gaze Direction in Cocktail Party Listening. Trends in Hearing (2023)

Virginia BestAlex D. BoydKamal Sen

auditory sciencegaze directioncommunicationaudiologyhearing researchbioacousticscognitive sciencebehavioral sciences

Audio-Visual Scene Analysis in Conditions With Head- and Eye-Steered Beamformers in Virtual Reality. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2023)

Axel AhrensAdam WestermannVirginia BestTorsten DauTobias Neher

audio analysisneuroscienceeye-steered beamformersaudiologyvirtual realityaudio-visual scene analysisacoustical engineeringscene analysisscene interpretation

Challenges in Providing Augmented Hearing for Individuals With Hearing Loss. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2023)

Douglas S. BrungartVirginia BestAlyssa Davidson

human augmentationaugmented hearingaudiologyhearing losscognitive scienceacoustical engineering

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