Matthew Goupell PhD, 2005, Michigan State University, Physics BS, 2001, Hope College, Physics, Mathematics Assistant Professor, Dept of Hearing and Speech Sciences Faculty Member, Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (NACS) Faculty Member,  Language Science at Maryland Faculty Member, Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing (C-CEBH) Email: goupell@umd.edu Phone: 301-405-8552 Address: 0119E LeFrak Hall Director, Auditory Perception and Modeling Lab

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Research/Clinical Interests:

Binaural hearing (binaural masking level differences, sound localization, etc.)
Monaural hearing (profile analysis, enhancement, pitch, etc.)
Speech perception
Cochlear implants
Neural modeling

Research/Clinical Activities:

NIH NIDCD K99/R00 (National Institute of Health Pathway to Independence) DC010206.
Title: Speech understanding and signal detection in noise in bilateral cochlear implants
Dates: 08/11/2009 – 07/31/2014

Recent Publications:

• Majdak, P., Goupell, M. J., and Laback, B. (2011). “Two-dimensional localization of virtual sound sources in cochlear-implant listeners,” Ear Hear. 32, 198-208.
• Goupell, M. J. (2010). “Interaural fluctuations and the detection of interaural coherence. IV. The effect of compression on stimulus statistics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128, 3691-3702.
• Goupell, M. J., Majdak, P., and Laback, B. (2010). “Median-plane sound localization as a function of the number of spectral channels using a channel vocoder,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 127, 990-1001.
• Majdak, P., Goupell, M. J., and Laback, B. (2010). “3-D localization of virtual sound sources: Effects of visual environment, pointing method, and training,” Atten Percept Psychophys. 72, 454-469.
• Goupell, M. J., Laback, B., and Majdak, P. (2009). “Enhancing sensitivity to interaural time differences at high modulation rates by introducing temporal jitter,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 126, 2511-2521.
• Goupell, M. J., Laback, B., Majdak, P., and Baumgartner, W.-D. (2008). “Current-level discrimination and spectral profile analysis in multi-channel electrical stimulation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124, 3142-3157.
• Goupell, M. J., Laback, B., Majdak, P., and Baumgartner, W.-D. (2008). “Effects of upper-frequency boundary and spectral warping on speech intelligibility in electrical stimulation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 123, 2295-2309.

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