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  • Making dialogs accessible for everyone

    Press Release / Oldenburg / May 27, 2025

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    Implemented as a plug-in, the “Listening Effort Meter" (LE-Meter) developed by Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg allows sound engineers to visualize listening effort during mixing and conduct post-mixing checks to optimize audio quality. The technology has once again found its way from scientific development into commercial application and is intended to bring about improvements in media production on a broad scale.

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  • Better understanding ME/CFS syndrome during sleep

    Press Release / Oldenburg / May 09, 2025

    The exact causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are not fully understood. The Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg wants to use its mobile EEG system for sleep monitoring in the home environment as part of the BMBF-funded research network “Sleep-Neuro-Path” to support the study of neurophysiological sleep characteristics in affected patients. Over the next three years, the project consortium will investigate biological mechanisms of the disease with the aim of helping to develop effective therapies. The project will be presented to the public on May 13, 2025, at the ME/CFS Symposium in Berlin. This presentation can be viewed free of charge via livestream.

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  • The 51st Annual Meeting on Acoustics – DAS | DAGA 2025 took place in Copenhagen from March 17 to 20, 2025. The work of Zahra Mansour from the Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg was presented there with the poster “Analysing bowel sound signals: Insights from SonicGuard Data Collection” and was honored with the DAS I DAGA 2025 Poster Award.

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    Acoustic precipitation measurement

    Press Release / April 02, 2025

    A man kneels at photovoltaic elements and installs a measurement setup.

    The German Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT has launched the "lokalRAIN" research project in collaboration with Pan Acoustics GmbH from Wolfenbüttel. The goal of the project is to develop an acoustic rain sensor and a cost-efficient sensor network for the precise real-time detection and transmission of precipitation data. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and runs from October 2024 to June 2026.

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  • © Fraunhofer IDMT/Leona Hofmann

    Jan Rennies-Hochmuth has been appointed professor of Hearing-, Speech- and Neurotechnology at the Department of Medical Physics and Acoustics as part of a joint process between the University of Oldenburg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT.

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  • © Fraunhofer IDMT

    Sina Buchholz from Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg received the Student Conference Award from the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA). The NHCA is an international association of hearing conservationists from fields such as audiology, medicine, occupational health, acoustics, and research.

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  • Media literacy meets AI

    Press Release / Oldenburg / February 06, 2025

    © Fraunhofer IDMT/ Leona Hofmann

    The InsightPersona research tool takes media literacy in political education to the next level. The AI-based analysis software identifies faces and voices in large archives in seconds. With the help of a chatbot and a semantic search, the analyzed archive can be used for research purposes. In the intuitively designed dashboard, the results can be processed to answer further questions. Journalists, teachers, publishers, software providers and those working in political education can find out more about the Fraunhofer IDMTproject at the didacta fair in Stuttgart from 11 to 15 February 2025.

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  • Voice health supported by early warning system

    Press Release / Oldenburg / February 06, 2025

    © Fraunhofer IDMT/ Leona Hofmann

    A well-functioning voice is an essential prerequisite for teachers in their daily work. With VoiceTracker, the Fraunhofer IDMT is working on a solution that offers teachers preventive support for the health of their voice. The software analyzes voice quality in real time and detects potential voice problems at an early stage. Interested teachers and companies involved in preventive health care can find out more about VoiceTracker at the didacta education trade fair in Stuttgart from February 11 to 15, 2025.

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