Cris Lanting

Making Sense of Sound in the Land of Blobology

Clinician–scientist working at the intersection of hereditary hearing loss, cochlear implantation, and inner-ear therapeutics — and a personal place for photography, writing, and the occasional detour.

Recent posts

A Pass Is a Snapshot

We looked back at 119 young children who passed the Dutch newborn hearing screening but were later referred to our centre with sensorineural hearing loss. The screening works as intended, but it measures hearing on a single day. Children who passed only in the third round turned out to be strongly overrepresented.

· 9 min read

Auditing the Lights

Last month I wrote about the five-palette colour system behind this site. This week I finally did what I should have done then: computed the WCAG contrast ratio for every semantic colour, in every palette, in both light and dark mode. Fifty checks. Ten failed.

· 3 min read

Listening Beyond the Audiogram

An audiogram measures what becomes audible. Reaction times to spectral and temporal changes can show what happens after that: how efficiently a listener uses audible sound.

· 11 min read

Clinical Physics in 2035

The Dutch Society of Clinical Physics has published its vision for the profession towards 2035. Four themes, one clear direction — and some uncomfortable choices ahead.

· 7 min read

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