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Ewen MacDonald is an Associate Professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, with expertise in hearing and speech perception as well as hearing-assistive devices. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, where his research focused on the consequences of temporal synchrony loss on speech intelligibility in noisy environments. MacDonald's academic journey includes a position at Queen's University, where he studied the role of auditory feedback in speech production. In 2011, he transitioned to the Technical University of Denmark, continuing his research on the perceptual effects of hearing loss and the development of hearing assistive technologies. His current research interests involve inferring effort in interactive conversations and exploring how changes in speech production and eye-related metrics can evaluate the benefits of hearing assistance technology. MacDonald has published numerous articles on these topics, contributing significantly to our understanding of auditory perception and communication in the context of aging and hearing impairment.
Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.