St. Olaf College

I've been visiting the Speech and Cognition Lab at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN.

I spent February talking about my work,

helping run experiments,

getting their equipment tuned up,

and getting into (and out of) some tight situations.

It was a great trip!

East Carolina University

I just visited East Carolina University in North Carolina.  I got to take a self-navigating helicopter tour of the main campus.

I got to visit the cochlear implant lab.

I also helped teach the Instrumentation class lab on testing cable continuity.

I also spent a wonderful Christmas in the nice mild weather in the south.

I had a fun trip!

Mayo Clinic CI program

I had a quick stop by the Mayo Clinic CI program.  Everyone wants a selfie with me!

Madison, Wisconsin

I seem to have misplaced most of my photos from my trip to the Binaural Hearing and Speech Lab in Madison Wisconsin.  The only one I can find is this one of this guy everyone said looked like me - I don't see the resemblance.

Kresge Hearing Research Institute

I visited the Kresge Hearing Research Institute at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor MI.  I stayed for quite a while because I enjoyed it so much (or because someone forgot about me in a desk drawer for a while - at least I caught up on my grant reviews).

While there I toured Kresge and the medical research building (Med Sci I)

Read all about ECAPs and even did some testing in the booth

Tried on headphones and a cochlear implant

I noticed that people like taking flat knit people to farmer's markets - we're just flat, not malnourished!

I even ran out onto the field during a football game

Off to my next adventure!

Madison, Wisconsin

I visited the Binaural Hearing and Speech Lab in Madison, Wisconsin.

I got a tour of the lab

Can't localize, my ITDs are so small!

Where's the "popcorn" button?

I looked over some data

I also went to the farmer's market

I had a great time!

Portland, Oregon

I visited the Reiss Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Research Lab in Portland, Oregon.  I had quite an interesting visit.

I had a chance to visit the Farmer’s market at OHSU, where I sampled some of Oregon’s Rainier cherries and Hood strawberries (named after mountains in the region).

I had a chance to explore Portland as well, going out to the Columbia Gorge and checking out some of the hikes. The Portland Aerial Tram was a must-see and I rode down to the waterfront campus.  

I helped out with some experiments,  

and did some microscopy. 

I weigh exactly 43.2329g!

 I also, for some inexplicable reason, decided to parachute off the Biomedical Research Building.