Hearing loss is a major global problem, not only in Austria. According to the “World Report on Hearing”, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2021, hearing loss costs us close to one trillion dollars worldwide. A research team at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg wants to improve electronic hearing prostheses using auditory nerve measurements.

June 2022 | in presence: The photo exhibition “My Stay Abroad” is featuring the most beautiful and original photos from our students’ stays and internships abroad during the academic year 2021/22. After lively participation in our first online photo contest, the winners were selected by an online voting system open to PLUS students and staff.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences recently honoured eleven young researchers for their excellent achievements. Haliemah Mocevic from the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg was awarded for her dissertation project Migration background and educational success from a social psychological perspective (“Migrationshintergrund und Bildungserfolg aus sozialpsychologischer Perspektive“).