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How the Eyes Assist with Hearing
Hearing-impaired people learn to make up for their auditory deficits – for instance by lip-reading. A research group from Salzburg is exploring the manner in which the brain’s processing of visual signals is used to compensate for the hearing dysfunction. The study has been invested with particular topicality, given that the face masks worn because of the coronavirus pandemic conceal facial expressions.
FWF-Facts
Research disciplines
In 2019
40,2
percent of the funding went to applicants working in the Natural and Technical Sciences category
Research disciplines
In 2019
40,2
percent of the funding went to applicants working in the Natural and Technical Sciences category
Research disciplines
In 2019
23,3
percent of the funding went to applicants working in the Humanities and Social Sciences category
Research disciplines
In 2019
36,5
percent of the funding went to applicants working in the Biology and Medicine category
Research grants
In 2019 projects with a total volume of
237.4
million Euro were approved
Research grants
In 2019
707
projects were approved
Payroll
In 2019
4,176
people worked in projects funded by the FWF (as of Dec. 31, 2019)
Reviews
In 2019 the FWF received
4,632
reviews from international peers
Review countries
In 2019 the FWF received reviews from
64
different nations