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Ewen MacDonald is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Engineering, affiliated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering. His research focuses on speech perception/production, hearing-assistive devices, and conversational dynamics in hearing-impaired populations. He holds a Ph.D. (2007) in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Toronto, with prior academic appointments at Queen's University and the Technical University of Denmark.
Key research areas include: speech intelligibility in noise, auditory feedback control mechanisms, and timing analysis in interactive conversations. His work addresses hearing aid signal processing optimization and the perceptual consequences of aging/synaptopathy-induced hearing loss.
Recent studies investigate audio-visual integration for humanoid robots, physiological measures of conversational engagement, and the impact of remote microphone technology on hearing-impaired communication. He teaches courses like BME 101L (Biomedical Visualization), BME 284 (Physiological Systems), and SYDE 740 (Human Systems).
- Education:
- Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering (2007), University of Toronto
- Master of Applied Science (2002), University of Toronto
- Bachelor of Applied Science (1999), University of Toronto
Received the 2021 Distinguished Performance Award from the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Engineering. Current research explores real-time conversation analysis and wearable auditory assistive technologies.
