Dorte Hammershøi is a Danish

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at the Department of

Electronic System Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductors *Electronics (magazine), ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electron ...

s at

Aalborg University Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subje ...

. She works in the field of human

sound perception Psychoacoustics is the branch of psychophysics involving the scientific study of the perception of sound by the human auditory system. It is the branch of science studying the psychological responses associated with sound including noise, speech, ...

, with special reference to electro-acoustic applications, including audiometric calibration, oto-acoustic emissions, hearing damage,

spatial hearing Sound localization is a listener's ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound in direction and distance. The sound localization mechanisms of the mammalian auditory system have been extensively studied. The auditory system u ...

, and measurement of noise sources close to the

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Education

Hammershøi received her Master of Science in

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

with specialization in

biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...

from

in 1989. In 1995, she was awarded a PhD in

acoustics Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician ...

for her work on binaural techniques.

Awards and Grants

Over the years, Hammershøi has received several awards and

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. She has been the grant holder of three EU collaborations, of which one (FP7 BEAMING) concluded in 2014. In 2016, she was presented with the AES Board of Governors Award.

References

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