Assistant Professor

Dr Edyta Bogusz-Witczak

  • Faculty of Physics UAM, Department of Acoustics
  • Email: ebogusz@amu.edu.pl
  • Phone: +48 61 829 51 35
  • ORCID: 0000-0003-2308-8992
  • PBN: 5e7093bd878c28a0473aff93
  • AMU Knowledge Base: publications

CONSULTATIONS
Thursdays, 12.00 – 13.00 in-person, room 123, 1st floor of the Department of Acoustics
13.00 – 14.00 online (MS Teams)

Research Interests

  • Acoustic support for visually impaired and blind individuals.
  • Speech acoustics and audiometric methods for diagnosing hearing loss.
  • Fitting hearing aids using speech-like signals.
  • Psychoacoustics, particularly 3D sound source localization.

Key Achievements

  • Author of 8 scientific articles in Archives of Acoustics and Acta Physica Polonica A, 3 chapters in monographs, numerous popular science articles and conference papers.
  • Execution of projects funded by NCBiR and NCN, including:
  • “Development of a method for teaching spatial orientation in a large city for the visually impaired using environmental sounds”.
  • “Study of the impact of auditory training on selected hearing skills in children and adolescents with visual impairment”.
  • Co-supervisor of a doctoral dissertation on the influence of wood species on the acoustic parameters of an electric guitar.
  • Co-organizer of the conference “Acoustics in Audiology and Phoniatrics”.

Teaching Activities

She teaches the following courses:

  • Lecture: The Impact of Noise and Vibrations on Humans.
  • Laboratories: Speech Audiometry, Speech Acoustics, Diagnostics of Hearing Aid Failures, Specialized Workshop.

Enhancing Teaching Competencies

  • Participant in trainings from the project “University Open to Everyone – A University for the 21st Century”.
  • Completed courses:
  • Creating accessible teaching materials.
  • Working with students with hearing impairments.
  • Working with students on the autism spectrum.
  • Graduate of the Modern Teaching Methodology Study “Pro-innovative Education, Competent Staff, Future Graduates”.

Supervision of Graduate and Doctoral Students

  • Bachelor’s Thesis: “Prosthesis for a patient with symmetrical, congenital sensorineural hearing loss” (2006).
  • Master’s Thesis: “Standardization of acoustic signaling at pedestrian crossings in the city of Poznań” (2008).
  • Doctoral Thesis, co-supervisor: “Determination of acoustic and vibrational signal parameters supporting spatial orientation for the visually impaired in the city” (2012).