The Central Auditory Circuit Plasticity team at the reConnect Institute at the Hearing Institute (Pasteur Institute/Inserm/CNRS) has revealed how the brain uses multiple neural coding strategies to preserve the reliability of sound information at every stage of the auditory pathway. Decoding sound from neural activity in mice reveals a striking shift in how the brain encodes sound: from precise but redundant timing codes in early auditory areas to efficient, synergistic rate-

Sabrina Mechaussier, an Inserm researcher of the reConnect Institute at the Hearing Institute, has been awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Young Talent Award 2025. Her work within the Plasticity of Central Auditory Circuits team, led by Nicolas Michalski, focuses on characterizing the mechanisms linked to genetic form of deafness, in order to preserve hearing faculties. Crédit photo - Fondation l'Oréal UNESCO “ My research aim to make the development therapeutic

Brice Bathellier, CNRS researcher at the reConnect Institute and head of the Neural dynamics and codes team , was awarded the 2025 Innovators Prize for his work on a brain stimulator designed to reset hearing. Each year, this award highlights significant breakthroughs made in the health field. The ceremony was held on October 1 during Medicen Day 2025, chaired by Amanda Silva Brun, member of the Regional scientific council and herself the 2020 winner.  The Innovators Award re

The EarInFlame project, led by two teams from the reConnect Institute (Hearing Institute, 12 th district of Paris) and the Pasteur Institute (Paris 15th district), was selected after the first call for research projects launched by the reConnect Institute in November 2024. With €80,000 in funding to spend over two years, the first edition of the reConnect Institute calls for projects aims to promote innovative research in the field of hearing health, immunity, and/or infecti

Two studies conducted by researchers and physicians at the reConnect Institute, a foundation hosted by the Institut Pasteur, have...

For the 50 million people suffering from profound deafness, 100 000 of whom are ineligible for cochlear implants, the technology...

The Hearing Institute, an Institut Pasteur center, will soon welcome a new team led by Dr. Keith Doelling. We offer you a presentation of Keith and his project by Keith himself. Having been a familiar face at the Hearing Institute for a few years since completing a post-doctorate here, he will remain with us for the next five years.