Nicolas Wallaert

Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs

Associated member

Associate Member at LSP, ENS, Paris

29 rue d'Ulm

75005 Paris France

LSP

Audition

Office

2nd floor - 202

nicolas.wallaert@ens.fr

Tel

+33 (0)1 44 32 26 74

Short Biography

I was initially trained as an audiologist at the Medical school in Rennes. I then obtained a Master degree in experimental audiology at the University of Montpellier and a diploma in acoustical engineering. My Ph.D. at the Ecole normale superieure (Paris, Ulm) was supervised by Prof. Christian Lorenzi (LSP, DEC, ENS). My doctoral research focused on (i) how the auditory system encodes amplitude and frequency modulated (AM, FM) sounds, and (ii) the effects of age and hearing loss on temporal auditory integration of AM and FM features. This work was conducted using several methods: psychoacoustics, audiology and computer modeling. I now split my time between Reims where I work as an trained audiologist and Paris (ENS) where I carry on my research on suprathreshold auditory capacities for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired persons.

Selected publications

• Wallaert N, Moore B.C.J, Evert S., Lorenzi C. (2017) Sensorineural hearing loss enhances auditory sensitivity and temporal integration for amplitude modulation. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 141, 971.

• Wallaert N, Varnet L, Moore B.C.J, Lorenzi C. (2017, in revision) Differential effect of sensorineural hearing loss on temporal integration of amplitude and frequency modulation cues. Journal of Acoustical Society of America.

• Wallaert N, Moore B.C.J, Lorenzi C. (2016) Comparing the effects of age on amplitude modulation and frequency modulation detection. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 139, 3088-3096.

• Paraouty N, Ewert S.D., Wallaert N, Lorenzi C. (2016) Interactions between amplitude modulation and frequency modulation processing: effects of age and hearing loss. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 140, 121-131.

• Lorenzi C, Wallaert N, Gnansia D, Leger A, Ives T, Chays A, Garnier S, Cazals Y (2012) Temporal-envelope reconstruction for hearing-impared listeners. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 13(6), 853-865.

Conferences/Workshops

Wallaert, N., Moore B.C.J, Lorenzi C. (2017, Feb). Comparing the effects of age and sensorineural hearing loss on auditory sensitivity and temporal integration for amplitude and frequency modulation. Midwinter Meetings of the ARO, 10-15, Baltimore, USA.

Wallaert, N., Moore B.C.J, Lorenzi C. (2016, Nov). Comparing the effects of age and sensorineural hearing loss on auditory sensitivity and temporal integration for amplitude and frequency modulation. 10th ARCHES (Audiological Research Cores in Europe) meeting. Zurich, Switzerland.

Wallaert, N., Moore B.C.J, Lorenzi C. (2016, Feb). Effects of age on AM and FM detection. Midwinter Meetings of the ARO, 20-24, Baltimore, USA.

Paraouty N, Ewert S.D., Wallaert N, Lorenzi C. (2016, Feb) Interactions between amplitude modulation and frequency modulation processing: effects of age and hearing loss. Midwinter Meetings of the ARO, 20-24, Baltimore, USA.

Wallaert, N., Moore B.C.J, Lorenzi C. (2015, Nov). Effects of age on AM and FM detection. 9th ARCHES (Audiological Research Cores in Europe) meeting. Groningen, Netherlands.

Wallaert N, Rambaud M., Gnansia D., Lorenzi C. (2015, Feb) Assessing Temporal Fine-Structure processing: " Combining AM detection with BMLD ". Midwinter Meetings of the ARO, 21-25, Baltimore, USA.

Wallaert N, Grousseau A., Gnansia D, Lorenzi C. (2015, Feb) Assessing Temporal Fine Structure Processing Indirectly : Derived Measures. Midwinter Meetings of the ARO, 21-25, Baltimore, USA.

Paraouty N., Wallaert N, Pressnitzer D., Lorenzi C. (2015, Feb) Assessing Temporal Fine Structure Processing Indirectly : An AM/FM Interference Task. Midwinter Meetings of the ARO, 21-25, Baltimore, USA.

Wallaert, N., Grousseau, A., Gnansia, D., & Lorenzi, C. (2014, Nov). Assessing temporal fine structure processing: Derived measures. 8th ARCHES (Audiological Research Cores in Europe) meeting. Oldenburg, Germany.

Paraouty, N., Wallaert, N., Pressnitzer, D., & Lorenzi, C. (2014, Nov). An AM/FM interference task. 8th ARCHES (Audiological Research Cores in Europe) meeting. Oldenburg, Germany.

Lorenzi C., Jung D.E., Ives D.T., Wallaert N, Sheft S. (2014, Feb) A novel paradigm to investigate temporal fine structure processing. Midwinter Meetings of the ARO, 21-25, Baltimore, USA.

Deltenre P., Wallaert N., Calcus A., Mansbach A.N (2014, Jun). Electrophysiological aspects of ANSD. 12th International Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 3, Dublin, Ireland.

Lorenzi C., Jung E., Ives D.T, Wallaert N., Sheft S. (2014, Feb), A novel paradigm to investigate temporal fine structure processing. 37th MidWinter Meeting of the Association for research in Otolaryngology, 22-26, San Diego, USA.

Lorenzi, C., Wallaert, N., Swaminathan, J., Gnansia, D., Léger, A.C., Ives, D.T., Chays, A., & Cazals, Y. (2013, Feb). The ability of hearing-impaired listeners to use temporal envelope cues recovered from speech frequency modulation. 36th MidWinter Meeting of the Association for research in Otolaryngology, 16-20, Baltimore, USA.

Lorenzi C., Wallaert N., Gnansia D., Leger A.C., Ives D.T., Garnier S., Chays A., & Cazals Y. (2012, Jan). Temporal envelope reconstruction for normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. “The separation of envelope and fine structure for auditory research: How and Why” Meeting; St John’s College, 31, Cambridge, UK.