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Carolin Breuer M.Sc. is a Research Assistant at the Institute of Hearing Technology and Acoustics (IHTA) at RWTH Aachen University, specializing in audio-visual interaction, auditory scene analysis, binaural technology, and psychoacoustics. Her work focuses on auditory selective attention in virtual reality classroom environments, investigating how noise, room acoustics, and visual cues affect cognitive performance.
Her research centers on realistic classroom noise scenarios and their impact on auditory attention, leveraging virtual reality to simulate educational environments. Key themes include voice quality effects on student perception, binaural rendering for noise simulation, and audiovisual coherence in immersive settings. She examines how factors like room reverberation and visual priming influence speech perception, memory, and listening effort in students.
Breuer's recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a strong trend toward VR-based experimental paradigms for studying cognitive load in educational contexts. Her work bridges acoustics, cognitive psychology, and educational technology, with recurring subfields including binaural hearing, psychoacoustics, and classroom noise modeling. She actively contributes to the AUDICTIVE project (Priority Program SPP2236) advancing auditory cognition research.
As a research supervisor, Breuer has guided multiple master's theses on auditory selective attention paradigms and audiovisual interaction in VR. Her work is conducted within IHTA's advanced facilities for acoustic virtual reality and auralization, supporting experiments in noise generation, real-time processing, and immersive classroom simulations.
