Recap of VCCA2025 - Computational Audiology

Dear all,

We are incredibly grateful for the inspiring and diverse range of participants who made the 6th Virtual Conference on Computational Audiology (VCCA2025) such an succes! This edition welcomed 946 registered participants from 67 countries and 342 cities, turning our virtual Miami Beach into a truly global meeting place.

This milestone belongs to every one of you:

Keynote and featured speakers who set the bar high and sparked new ideas.
Contributed-talk presenters and pitch creators who filled the program with cutting-edge science.
Session chairs and technical hosts who kept three parallel rooms running smoothly across time zones.
Scientific committee reviewers who evaluated over 160 abstracts to ensure quality.
Our program coordinator and co-chairs who managed captions, uploads, Q&A moderation, and all the behind-the-scenes details.

Your collective effort is what makes VCCA unique: a free, open, and high-level conference that bridges basic science, clinical translation, and real-world impact.

VCCA2025 Awards

We would like to extend our congratulations to the winners of our two major awards this year.

Winners Pitch Award: Sadok Gaied (INSAT & dB.Sense), Rim Amara (L3S-ENIT & INSAT), Nader Mechergui (dB.Sense & L3S-ENIT), Mériem Jaïdane (dB.Sense & L3S-ENIT)

Title of talk: Exploring the standard Hughston-Westlake protocol in tone audiometry using Gaussian process regression: a virtual patient framework

Jury members watched and selected the best video pitch according to 3 criteria: Importance & Relevance to Audiology, Creativity, and Clarity. For the Best Pitch Award, the Jury would like to highlight that Gaied et al. combined a creative and engaging approach with a good sense of humour to produce a compelling pitch video. Their presentation effectively showcased their project on a highly relevant topic within audiology.

VCCA2025 Young Scientist Award

Session chairs nominated candidates across the VCCA sessions. Jury members discussed and chose winners according to 3 criteria: Importance & Relevance to Audiology, Scientific Merit, Clarity

Winner Young Scientist Award: Varsha Mysore Athreya (Stanford University)

Title of talk: Linking Data-Driven Audiometric Phenotypes to Speech Perception in Quiet and Noise
co-authors: Malcolm Slaney, Matthew Fitzgerald

For the Young Scientist Award, the jury considered the following criteria during the evaluation: 1) Scientific Merit & Originality 2) Methodological Rigor, 3) Impact & Relevance, 4) Clarity & Structure of Presentation and 5) Creative Video Production. Based on these criteria, the jury concluded that the talk by Athreya et al. stood out as a high-quality presentation. It demonstrated strong scientific merit and methodological rigor, addressing a highly impactful topic. Furthermore, the talk was clearly structured and produced to very high standards.

Keep the Momentum Going

All prerecorded talks are available on our YouTube Channel:
View full playlist day 1

View full playlist day 2

Up Next: VCCA2026

Stay tuned for more details about VCCA2026, led by a fantastic organizing team in Spain. We look forward to your continued engagement with the Computational Audiology Network.

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Thank you once again for helping us shape the future of computational audiology!

Warm regards,
Seba Ausili (Chair), Carlos Benitez-Barrera (Co-Chair), and Jan-Willem Wasmann (Co-Chair)
On behalf of the VCCA2025 organizing committee