Nicolas Vannson
Ph.D. in Neurosciences.
Hi! I'm a former audiologist turned hearing data scientist. In September 2025, I founded Hearing Data Science, a company dedicated to enhance patient care in audiology through clinical data analysis powered by data science and AI.
Data science projects
Hearing data
Web app for online hearing clinic database analysis and predictions.
Tools used:
Flask/Streamlit/Pandas/Numpy/Scikit-learn/Prophet/Git
Features selection
Features selection for theoretical investment decision for NBA players.
Tools used:
Flask/Pandas/Numpy/Scikit-learn/Seaborn/Scipy
Confidential company
Annual income analysis for outlier detection and forecasting future income trends.
Tools used:
Prophet/Pandas/Seaborn/Numpy
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Computer Vision
Garbage detection using 3 different approaches : Pytorch / TensorFlow / Neural Network manually designed.
Tools used:
Pytorch/TensorFlow/Keras/Numpy
fMRI timeseries analysis
Brain image analysis of patients suffering from unilateral hearing loss and correlation with behavioral data
Tools used:
Matlab
Binaural hearing
Regression analysis and prediction of speech-in-noise capability within unilateral hearing loss subjects.
Tools used:
Matlab
Web projects
MEMAU
Web platform designed to help students for their final years project in audiology. Core functionnalities : ressources librairy, questionnaires, tools for statistics...
Tools used:
Wordpress and Divi
MEMAUDATA
Decicated web plateform to analyze online audiological questionnaires found on MEMAU.
Tools used:
WordPress and Javascript
Enfants sourds du Cambodge
This NGO website serves as a platform for reporting our activities, recruiting prospective members, and facilitating fundraising initiatives.
Tools used:
WordPress
Publications
Publications in journal with a peer review committee- Hee A., Vannson N.(2025). Impact of visual impairment on audiovisual intelligibility in noise.
- Berger T., Vannson N.(2025). Assessment of psychological distress and thymia in newly fitted presbyacusic patients.Revue de Geriatrie,50(2),77-85.
- Mazet M., Enzler F., Vannson N. (in press, 2025). Pediatric speech-in-noise audiometry tests with standardized background noise: Systematic review of the literature.
- Gransagne C., Vannson N.(2024). Comparison of Class I and Class II hearing aids in patients with severe hearing loss. Canadian Acoustics,52(3).
- Vannson N., Kauramaki J., Strelnikov K., Deguine O., Schönwiesner M., Barone P. (in prep,2025/2026). Long-term adaptation to cochlear implant simulation: A behavioral and EEG study.
- Brazeau P., Spella P., Vannson N.(2024). Evaluation of the evolution of cognition in presbycusis patients. Revue de Geriatrie,49(5),273-282.
- Mandin C., Spella P., Vannson N.(2024). Study of the impact of hearing aid rehabilitation on self-esteem in presbycusis patients with first-time hearing aids. Revue de Geriatrie,49(2),83-94.
- Alzaher M., Vannson N., Deguine O., Marx M., Barone P.,Strelnikov K. (2021). Brain plasticity and hearing disorders. Revue neurologique, 177(9), 1121-1132.
- Vannson N., Strelnikov, K., James J., C., Deguine, O., Barone, P., Marx, M. (2020). Evidence of a functional reorganization in the auditory dorsal stream following unilateral hearing loss. Neuropsychologia, 149, 107683.
- Vannson N., James, C., Fraysse, B., Strelnikov, K., Deguine, O., Marx, M., Barone, P. (2017). Speech-in-noise perception in unilateral hearing loss: Relation to pure-tone thresholds and brainstem plasticity. Neuropsychologia, 102, 135-143.
- Vannson N.(2016). Unilateral hearing loss : Psychoacoustic, quality of life questionnaires and neuroimagning (fMRI) approaches. (Doctoral dissertation),Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier.
- Vannson N., James, C., Fraysse, B., Strelnikov, K., Barone, P., Deguine, O.,Marx, M. (2015). Quality of Life and Auditory Performance in Adults with Asymmetric Hearing Loss. Audiology and Neurotology.
- Vannson N., Innes-Brown, H., Marozeau, J.(2015). Dichotic Listening Can Improve Perceived Clarity of Music in Cochlear Implant Users. Trends in Hearing.
- Vannson N., Innes-Brown, H., Marozeau, J.(2018). L‘écoute dichotique chez un sujet implanté cochléaire peut améliorer la perception de la clarté de la musique. Revue ACFOS, numéro 60.
- Deguine, O., Vannson N., Molinier, C., Marx, M., Lescure, B., Barone, P.(2014). Évaluation du handicap perceptif après surdité unilatérale : évaluation psychoacoustique et qualité de vie. Annales françaises d’Oto-rhino-laryngologie et de Pathologie Cervico-faciale.
- Hee A., Vannson N.(2025).Impact de la déficience visuelle sur l’intelligibilité audiovisuelle dans le bruit.Les cahiers de l'audition, 38(4).
Selection of presentations
- 02/2026. Thomas More University College - Antwerpen - Belgium. Unilateral hearing loss
- 11/2025. Online training presentation - France. Audiovisual integration
- 03/2025. Online training presentation - Switzerland. Audiovisual integration
- 01/2025. U. of Louvain (Marie Haps) - Brussels - Belgium. Unilateral hearing loss
- 12/2020. Regional professional meeting of Audiologists and speech therapists - Toulouse - France. Audiological evaluations
- 11/2019. AFON - Dijon - France. Evaluation of the perceptual handicap after unilateral hearing loss. Psychoacoustic and fMRI approaches
- 06/2017. Poster. Neuroscience and Music VI - Boston - USA. Evaluation of the perceptual handicap after unilateral hearing loss. Psychoacoustic and fMRI approaches
- 09/2015. 1st Otology and Neurotology French association conference day - Paris- France. Evaluation of the perceptual handicap after unilateral hearing loss. Psychoacoustic and fMRI approaches
- 07/2015. Poster - CIAP. Lake Tahoe, CA - USA. Evaluation of the perceptual handicap after unilateral hearing loss. Psychoacoustic and Quality of life approaches
- 04/2015. 6th International audiology workshop - Clermont-Ferrand - France. Evaluation of the perceptual handicap after unilateral hearing loss. Psychoacoustic and Quality of life approaches
- 10/2014. ENT National French congress - Paris - France. Evaluation of the perceptual handicap after unilateral hearing loss. Psychoacoustic and Quality of life approaches
- 10/2012. BRAMS - Montreal - Canada. Enhancement of music perception for cochlear implant recipients
- 08/2012. Bionics Institute - Melbourne - Australia. Inner hair cell innervation from confocal images
- 05/2012. The Music Performance and Perception Research Day - Sydney - Australia. Enhancement of music perception for cochlear implant recipients
Hobbies
Sports
Handball/football/Skiing/Snowboarding/Bouldering/squash
Associative
Founder of both MEMAU & MEMAUDATA
Webmaster & Data scientist of Enfants Sourds du Cambodge
Other
Homebrewer and improvisation