Curriculum Vitae – Dr.-Ing. Ernst Dalhoff

General information


Current Position: Group Leader

Current Institution:
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen (EKUT)
Dept of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS)
Molecular Physiology of Hearing
Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 5, 72076 Tübingen, DE

ORCID: 0000-0003-2739-6140

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Qualifications and Career

Degree:

1982-1991 : Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering, Supervisor Prof. Dr. HJ Tiziani, University of Stuttgart, DE
1998 : Doctorate, Mechanical Engineering, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. HJ Tiziani, Institute for Applied Optics, University of Stuttgart, DE

Stages of academic/professional carrer:

2017 : Inventor and co-founder of Earlab GmbH, Tübingen (Manufacturer of Hearing Diagnostic & Research Instruments)
2016 : Inventor and co-founder of Vibrosonic GmbH, Mannheim (Manufacturer of active hearing contact lenses)
Since 2006 : Scientist and PI, ENT-Clinic Tübingen, DE
Since 2004 : Engineering Consultant, (Optical Metrology, Medical Technology ENT)
1998-2004 : Postdoc, Section of Physiological Acoustics and Communication, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Tübingen (Prof. Anthony W Gummer)

Activities in the Research System


Reviewer for Journals

including: J Acoust Soc Am, Hear Res, J Assoc Res Otolarngol, Int J Audiom, IEEE Med Eng Phys, Neurosciences, Ear Hear, HNO.

Academic Distinctions


2014 : Geers Stiftungspreis (Development of a new diagnostic method based on pulsed DPOAE – together with Prof. A.W. Gummer and Dipl.-Ing. D. Zelle)
2011 : Science2Start – Prize of the BioRegio Stern GmbH (Development of an active hearing implant)
2008 : Adano-Preis of „Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie e.V“. (Laser-vibrometric diagnostics of the state of the cochlea)

Selected publications & patents


  1. Burovikhin D, Dalhoff E, Wagner A, Schneider F, Lauxmann M (2023) Finite Element Model of a Piezo-Electric Actuator Coupled to the Middle Ear. J Biomech Eng. 2023 Feb 1;145(2):021004 DOI: 10.1115/1.4055237
  2. Bader K, Dierkes L, Braun LH, Gummer AW, Dalhoff E, Zelle D (2021) Test-retest reliability of distortion-product thresholds compared to behavioral auditory thresholds. Hear Res. 406:108232. DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2021.108232 (research design, interpretation, writing- review and editing, funding acquisition)
  3. Zelle D, Bader K, Dierkes L, Gummer AW, Dalhoff E (2020) Derivation of input-output functions from distortion-product otoacoustic emission level maps. J Acoust Soc Am. 147(5):3169. DOI:10.1121/10.0001142 Open Access (research design, methodology - inventor for the underlying patent, interpretation, writing- review and editing, funding acquisition)
  4. Zelle D, Lorenz L, Thiericke JP, Gummer AW, Dalhoff E (2017) Input-output functions of the nonlinear-distortion component of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions in normal and hearing-impaired human ears. J Acoust Soc Am. 141(5):3203. DOI:10.1121/1.4982923 Open Access (research design, methodology - inventor for the underlying patent, interpretation, writing- review and editing, funding acquisition)
  5. Zelle D, Thiericke JP, Dalhoff E, Gummer A (2015) Level dependence of the nonlinear-distortion component of distortion-product otoacoustic emissions in humans. J Acoust Soc Am. 138(6):3475-90. DOI:10.1121/1.4936860 Open Access (research design, interpretation, writing- review and editing, funding acquisition)
  6. Goll E, Dalhoff E (2011) Modeling the eardrum as a string with distributed force. J Acoust Soc Am. 130:1452-1462. DOI:10.1121/1.3613934 (conceptualization, research design, interpretation, writing- review and editing)
  7. Dalhoff E, Turcanu D, Vetešník A, Gummer AW (2013) Two-source interference as the major reason for auditory-threshold estimation error based on DPOAE input-output functions in normal-hearing subjects. Hear Res. 296:67-82. DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2012.12.003 (conceptualization, research design, methodology, data analysis, interpretation, writing-original draft)
  8. Schraven SP, Hirt B, Goll E, Heyd A, Gummer AW, Zenner HP, Dalhoff E (2012) Conditions for highly efficient and reproducible round-window stimulation in humans. Audiol Neurootol. 17(2):133-8. DOI:10.1159/000333807 (conceptualization, research design, development of the methodology, data analysis, interpretation, writing- review and editing)
  9. Dalhoff E, Turcanu D, Gummer AW (2011) Forward and reverse transfer functions of the middle ear based on pressure and velocity DPOAEs with implications for differential hearing diagnosis. Hear Res. 280(1-2):86-99. DOI:10.1016/j.heares.2011.04.015 (conceptualization, research design, development of the methodology, data collection and analysis, interpretation, writing-original draft)
  10. Goll E, Zenner HP, Dalhoff E (2011) Upper bounds for energy harvesting in the region of the human head. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 58(11):3097-103. DOI:10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.08.005 (conceptualization, research design, analysis, interpretation, writing- review and editing)
  11. Dalhoff E, Turcanu D, Zenner HP, Gummer AW (2007) Distortion product otoacoustic emissions measured as vibration on the eardrum of human subjects. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 30; 104(5):1546-51. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0610185103 Open Access (conceptualization, research design, development of the methodology, data collection and analysis, interpretation, writing-original draft)



  • Dalhoff E, Zelle D (2016, granted in 2017) Verfahren zur automatischen Bestimmung einer individuellen Funktion einer DPOAE-Pegelkarte eines menschlichen oder tierischen Gehörs. DE102016003133.6B4, US11024421B2
  • Dalhoff E, Zelle D (2017) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Untersuchung des Hörvermögens. Patentanmeldung DE102014108663A1, US10561347B2
  • Dalhoff E, Zenner H (2013, granted in 2019) In den Gehörgang einbringbare Hörhilfe und Hörhilfe-System. DE102013114771B4, US10219087B2
  • Goll E, Dalhoff E, Zenner H (2011) Rückkopplungseliminierung durch frequenzabhängige Reflexionsmessung. DE102011106634B1
  • Kaltenbacher D, Schäfer A, Schächtele J, Zenner H, Goll E, Dalhoff E, Muralt P, Conde J (2010) Schallwandler zum Einsetzen in ein Ohr. DE102010009453A1, EP2362686B1
  • Dalhoff E, Zenner H. Verfahren zur Ermittlung von Daten über den Zustand eines Hörorgans. DE102006017988A1, US6844936B2