Jerker Rönnberg (born 1953) is a Swedish

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with the emphasis on

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science at Linköping University. Rönnberg was born in Backe,

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. He was awarded a Ph.D. in

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in 1980, became a

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(docent) at

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in 1981 and a senior lecturer at Linköping University in 1983. From 1983 to 1984 he was a visiting researcher at the

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. Since 1997 he is a professor at Linköping University. He is also the director of the Swedish Institute for Disability Research and Linnaeus Centre HEAD (Hearing and Deafness) at Linköping University. Originally Rönnberg was a memory researcher. His studies in this field lead him on to hearing and hearing impairments, focusing on

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and the important role that cognitive factors play in hearing. He has studied hearing and its interplay with the

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in hearing aids and the capacity of the

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. The findings improve the possibilities to adapt hearing aids individually. Rönnberg has established

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as a new science field. Rönnberg is editor-in-chief of the

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and a previous assistant editor of the ''European Journal of Cognitive Psychology''. He is also on the Editorial Board for the ''Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education'' and on the Advisory Board for ''

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''.

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Publications, Jerker Rönnberg, Linköping University Electronic PressLinnaeus Centre HEAD, Linköping UniversitySwedish Institute for Disability Research, Linköping University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ronnberg, Jerker 1953 births Living people Swedish psychologists Academic staff of Linköping University Uppsala University alumni