Andrew J Oxenham

Andrew J Oxenham serves as Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, with an additional appointment as Adjunct Professor in Otolaryngology. His extensive research portfolio spanning three decades includes 249 publications and 27 funded projects, demonstrating sustained scholarly productivity in auditory science.

Dr. Oxenham's research focuses on fundamental mechanisms of human hearing, particularly pitch perception, auditory temporal processing, and speech intelligibility in normal and impaired hearing. His work bridges basic auditory science with clinical applications, examining how cochlear implant users process complex sounds, how aging affects speech-in-noise perception, and the neural mechanisms underlying pitch processing. The fingerprint analysis of his work highlights expertise in Masker (100%), Normal Hearing (72%), Cochlear Implant Users (48%), Forward Masking (45%), Fundamental Frequency (43%), and Pitch Perception (30%).

Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals a continued emphasis on auditory perception mechanisms, with particular attention to voice-nonvoice continua adaptation, temporal envelope processing in speech perception, and the fundamental limitations of human auditory processing at high frequencies. His work consistently combines psychophysical methods with neuroscientific approaches to address both theoretical questions and practical clinical challenges in hearing science.

• Principal Investigator on NIH-funded project: Auditory consequences and markers of traumatic brain injury (2024-2027)
• Co-Investigator on Effects of age and hearing loss on auditory temporal processing (2024-2029)
• Principal Investigator on Complex Pitch Perception in Complex Environments RENEWAL (2023-2028)
• Actively accepting PhD students and mentoring the next generation of auditory scientists

Dr. Oxenham maintains an active laboratory producing significant datasets on auditory masking, speech corpora, and multimodal communication patterns, with his work contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to good health and well-being through advancements in hearing healthcare and assistive technologies.