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Our 2025 Annual Report in 4 Keywords

With our foundations laid in 2024, here is the reConnect Institute’s second annual report

Two weeks behind the scenes of scientific research for 10th-grade interns

In June, the reConnect Institute was pleased to welcome about ten high school students...

The reConnect Institute, AP-HP, and the Brain&Mind biocluster are launching a highly sensitive clinical proteomics platform at the Lariboisière–Fernand-Widal AP-HP Hospital

On June 17, 2026, in the presence of Nicolas Revel, CEO of AP-HP, and Claire Paquet, di...

A Renewed Commitment to Audiology Research Between the Fondation Pour l'Audition andInstitut Pasteur, the umbrella foundation for the reConnect Institute

On the occasion of a visit by Mr. Jean-Pierre Meyers, President of the Pou Foundation...

The universal rhythm of animal communication

A team from the University of Geneva, the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language,...

Toward Precision Audiology: 8 Profiles to Better Predict the Effectiveness of Hearing Aids

How can we predict the success of a hearing aid fitting when two patients with the same hearing loss...

Ludwig’s Resonance: When music and science come together to make the emotional power of music accessible to everyone, whether deaf or hearing

The Paris Chamber Orchestra, continuing its artistic and civic commitment, the In...

The reConnect Institute is co-organizing the 59th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Otoneurology

From May 28 to 30, 2026, atInstitut Pasteur, the otoneurology community will gather for the conference...

CNRS Silver Medal for Brice Bathellier: From Sound to Meaning

Brice Bathellier has been awarded the CNRS Silver Medal for his work in neuroscience. 

Toward a Better Understanding of the Origins of Phenotypic Variability in Usher Syndrome Type 3

Research conducted by scientists at the reConnect Institute, a foundation under the auspices of the Institute...

Scientific Days 2026: Bringing Together Members of an Institute Dedicated to the Hearing Industry

On March 17 and 18, 2026, the reConnect Institute hosted the second edition of Scientific Days,...

Infographic: Understanding How Hearing Works

In observance of National Hearing Day, the reConnect Institute is offering a...

Video and Infographic: Understanding the Cochlear Implant

Following up on International Cochlear Implant Day, which was held on February 25...

When bass influences our emotional and physiological responses to music

A new study led by Luc Arnal shows that targeted bass boost, without increasing...

Experts from the Reconnect Institute teamed up for the 28th edition of the Assises Face et Cou conference!

The Face & Cou Conference is a major gathering of professionals for sharing...

UNESCO Sound Week: a strong partnership with the reConnect Institute, official partner of the 23rd edition!

The reConnect Institute and Sound Week have strengthened their partnership by signing ...

Childhood Deafness: New Insights to Improve Genetic Counseling for Families

Hearing loss, the most common type of sensorineural hearing impairment at any age, occurs either on its own or...

How the brain encodes sounds from the ear

The Central Auditory Circuit Plasticity team at the reConnect Institute at the Institute of Auditory...

First philanthropic partnership between Oticon and the reConnect Institute

Oticon, a global leader in hearing innovation, announces the signing of a partnership...

Anne-Lise Giraud Awarded the CNRS Silver Medal

Anne-Lise Giraud, research director at the CNRS, director of the reConnect Institute and the Ins...

Impulse, healthcare innovation meetings

The reConnect Institute was pleased to participate in the Impulse event, a special one-day event dedicated to...

Pasteur HEAR 2025 Course: Hearing—From Mechanisms to Restoration Technologies

The Pasteur HeaR 2025 Course was organized from October 20 to 31 by the Department of Education ...

Gathering of Associations for People Affected by Hearing and Speech Disorders - Dialogue and Sharing

On November 5, 2025, the reConnect Institute hosted representatives from organizations for people...

Do we speak dog or do they think human?

Published by Hermann, this book by Anne-Lise Giraud, director of the reC Institute...

Sabrina Mechaussier, winner of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award

Sabrina Mechaussier, an Inserm researcher at the reConnect Institute at theHearing Institute, has received...

The 2025 Innovators Award goes to Brice Bathellier

Brice Bathellier, a CNRS researcher at the reConnect Institute and head of the Dynamics and...

The EarInFlame project teams, winners of the first call for collaborative research projects in hearing health from the reConnect Institute

The EarInFlame project, led by two teams from the reConnect Institute (Hearing Institute, Paris...

Villa M awards one of its research grants to Diego Bletry

Diego Bletry, a resident in internal medicine who is currently pursuing a PhD in the Laboratory of...

2024 Activity Report

The first activity report from the reConnect Institute, a foundation under the auspices of...

Back on the "Young Researchers Day" event at the reConnect Institute

On Tuesday, July 1, the reConnect Institute (a foundation under the auspices of the Pasteur Institute...

Braincoder, a project awarded on many levels

For the 50 million people with profound hearing loss, including 100,000 who are ineligible for...

2026 Budget Bill: Cutting funding for biomedical research directly threatens our health and that of our children

As the decision-making process surrounding the upcoming 2026 budget bill approaches, the main...

Tinnitus: Advances in research on predictive factors of its progression and on its perception during sleep

Two studies conducted by researchers and physicians at the reConnect Institute, a foundation under the auspices of...

Amplifon France and the reConnect Institut, combine their expertises to improve care for patients with hearing loss

Paris, June 17, 2025 – Amplifon, France’s leading network of hearing aid specialists, announces its partnership...

First robotic insertion of a perimodilar cochlear implant in a child and an adult

A perimodiolar cochlear implant was performed with the assistance of the RobOtol® in a ...

"I hear you, but I don't understand you"

In a study published in *Advanced Science*, researchers from the reConnect Institute, Instit...

The challenges of coordinating sounds and images in autistic children

A study published in the *Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders* on February 18, 2025, revealed ...

Scientific Days: Uniting Stakeholders to Drive Innovation in Hearing and Speech Disorders

On March 6, 2025, the reConnect Institute, a foundation under the auspices ofInstitut Pasteur...

Decoding our thoughts to restore speech

Anne-Lise Giraud's team at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that training...

Does forecast ability distort hearing test results?

In an article published in March 2025, researchers from the Hearing Institute, Center for...

Call for proposals | Grant: Auditory Infection and/or Immunity

Launch of the IHU reConnect: Towards New Therapies for Hearing and Speech Disorders

On Monday, November 4, 2024,Institut Pasteur hosted the launch event for the...

A new research team

Hearing Institute, a center ofInstitut Pasteur, will soon be home to a new...

You have already been introduced with the aspirations and the objectives of Anne-Lise Giraud regarding reConnect in a previous article.

Have you already read about Anne-Lise Giraud’s aspirations and goals regarding ...

Administrative launch meeting of the IHU reConnect

A key milestone following the creation of the IHU on April 24, 2024, the administrative launch brought together the...

Interview of Anne-Lise Giraud, director of the IHU reConnect

Director ofHearing Institute 2022 and Director of IHU reConnect since April ...