Haus des Hörens

"A dream has come true!"
The Haus des Hörens was opened in Oldenburg with these words on September 20, 2002. And a dream it is, for this house is a common retreat for Oldenburg's hearing technology research.

Built by the Hörzentrum Oldenburg with Lower Saxony lending its support, the Haus des Hörens offers excellent working conditions to its 50 current researchers. Undoubtedly one of its kind in Germany, this unique building houses five different institutions: Hörzentrum Oldenburg, HörTech Center of Competence, University of Oldenburg's Department for Medical Physics(Medizinische Physik), the project group Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology of the Fraunhofer IDMT and Hearing Technology & Audiology (Hörtechnik und Audiologie) , a course of studies offered by the Technical University at Wilhelmshaven/Oldenburg/Elsfleth.

Besides attractive offices and bright, communication-friendly common areas, the Haus des Hörens especially offers all of these institutions quality technical and acoustic resources: A total of 9 acoustic chambers ranging from 3-29 cubic meters are available for measuring and implementing standard acoustic parameters, complex free-field constructions and ERA/OAE apparatus, not to mention for conducting basic psychoacoustic research. We also have a fully-equipped customization room (13 cubic meters) with an adjustment system for all hearing devices currently on the market. Additionally, our acoustics simulator is another highlight this house has to offer! Using a polished technique consisting of countless microphones, speakers as well as large-scale electronics, we have created a room in which almost any other room can be acoustically simulated! Hearing-impaired persons can examine the latest hearing devices, mobile phones tested for speech recognition under realistic conditions and piano concerts take place directly in Oldenburg while whisking the audience away to the greatest concert halls of the world.

Thus it is quite imaginable that visitors arrive on a weekly basis to get the latest information hearing research has to offer. If you happen to be intested in more information, please get in touch with us by calling or by using our contact form.

Founded in April 2004, the Haus des Hörens Society pledges itself to increasing cooperation between the Haus des Hörens and regional institutions by targeted public relations measures.