MIVE Lab

Another great year at #LOVE2026 in Niagara 🇨🇦❤️

👂🚗 Lauren Hong on #hearingloss & dual-task listening while #driving
🥈 Lianna Montanari & Jordan Fairlie’s work on #aging & spatial #navigation
👂🧠 Ramsha Mahmood on hearing loss, #mobility & #gait
🎮 Carina Baldassarra on #stress, #motionsickness, & #VR

Fantastic day at the inaugural ON-EAR Conference at @torontomet.bsky.social! 👂🧠
👉@jennycampos.bsky.social on Katherine Bak's work on #aging & #hearingloss while #driving.
👉Lianna Montanari on how hearing loss, #cognitivedecline, & spatial #navigation.
Excited for the next one! #onear2025 #auditory

How to prepare for this week's winter weather on the roads With a blast of winter weather expected to hit the GTA this week, drivers need to take extra precaution. Brandon Choghri hops behind the wheel of Canada's most advanced driving simulator for some tips...

Prepare for winter road conditions this week. Step behind the wheel of Canada's most advanced driving simulator at UHN's KITE Research Institute as staff scientist Bruce Haycock shares expert tips and tested advice on how to keep control on icy roads.

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🎓 Congrats to Lianna Montanari on defending her Master’s at @utoronto.ca! 👏 At @kiteuhn.bsky.social, her #VR research explores how hearing loss & subjective cognitive decline affect navigation—pointing to new ways of understanding early decline. Excited to see what’s next in your PhD, Lianna! 🎉🧠🚶‍♀️

🎓Congrats to Niroshica Mohanathas on a successful PhD defense at @utoronto.ca! 👏 Her @kiteuhn.bsky.social research on hearing, balance & cognition advances strategies to support mobility, safety & quality of life in older adults. We’re so proud of you and this incredible milestone, Dr. Mohanathas!👂🧠

🎓 Congrats to Katherine Bak on a successful PhD defense at @utoronto.ca! 👏 Her research on aging, hearing loss & driving at @kiteuhn.bsky.social reflects years of dedication & passion. We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see what’s next in your journey—congrats, Dr. Bak! 🚗🧠

🌍 MIVErs at the 2nd Congress on Motion Sickness in Akureyri, Iceland!
🔹 Dr. Behrang Keshavarz shared new insights on visually induced #MotionSickness
🔹 Polina Andrievskaia on sex & age differences
🔹 Narmada Umatheva on music & auditory beats in #VR
Great talks, collabs & sights!

#research #aging

@plosone.org

🎉 Congrats to Anthony Moncada on receiving the Governor General's Academic Medal, awarded to the top undergrad in each class! He graduated with a 98% in Kinesiology and leads impactful MIVE Lab research on audiovisual illusions & cognitive decline. Way to go, Anthony! 👏

🎉 Congratulations to Lauryn Gittens for all the outstanding work she does at the MIVE Lab, including her outreach work to raise awareness about #STEM, #MultisensoryResearch, and @kiteuhn.bsky.social!

uhnstempathways.ca/volunteer-sp...

Navigating Cognitive Screening and Service Delivery for Sensory Impairment in Occupational Therapy - Shirley Dumassais, Jennifer Campos, Margaret Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, Joseph B. Orange, Marie Savun... Background. Cognitive screening tools rely on vision and hearing. However, sensory impairments, alone or in combination, can hinder the accurate identification ...

🧠 New study highlights the need for better cognitive screening for people with sensory impairments—plus more training & education for OTs. A key step toward more inclusive care! 👁️👂🧑‍⚕️

#Cognition #SensoryHealth #OccupationalTherapy

More MIVE highlights from #AAIC25!
🎮 Dr. Raheleh Saryazdi: at-home VR boosts communication for people with dementia & caregivers
🚘 Dr. Gelareh Hajian: driving behavior as a marker of cognitive status
🚗 Also on automated vehicles & safe driving in cognitive impairment
#Dementia #VR #Aging #Driving

MIVE Lab at #AAIC25!
👂👁️👃 The Sensory Health and Cognition ISTAART PIA hosted a workshop on hearing, vision & smell in cognitive impairment with Natalie Phillips, @walterwittich.bsky.social, Carrie Nieman, Marilyn Reed & more.
🕶️ @jennycampos.bsky.social also spoke on VR/AR & aging w/ Dr. Lillian Hung

📍MIVE Lab at @durham-university.bsky.social for #IMRF2025!
1️⃣ @jennycampos.bsky.social shared Anthony Moncada’s work on multisensory illusions & cognitive performance
2️⃣ Dr. Saryazdi on scent & memory
3️⃣ @jslbutler.bsky.social on modelling visual-vestibular self-motion
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With age, multitasking while driving becomes increasingly challenging.

New @kiteuhn.bsky.social research shows how older adults have more difficulty driving while listening to speech—highlighting the need for better strategies to support driving safety.

🔗: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/driving...

Shoutout to Lianna Montanari for a fantastic talk at the Southern Ontario Motor Behaviour Symposium hosted by @utoronto.ca! Her VR study on spatial navigation in aging and hearing loss offers powerful insights into early detection of cognitive decline. #CognitiveHealth #VRResearch #AgingResearch

Dual-task costs of listening while driving in older and younger adults Age-related changes in hearing and cognition result in increased listening difficulties, which could affect the ability to perform common, complex, multitasking behaviours, such as listening while dri...

New paper in PlosOne! Led by Katherine Bak, with @jennycampos.bsky.social, @thinkauditory.bsky.social, Lena Darakjian, Kristen Arnold, & Kathy Pichora-Fuller, this @kiteuhn.bsky.social study finds older adults struggle more with speech while driving—especially in noise. Quieter cars may help!

We've arrived!! MIVE Lab is officially on Blue Sky. We look forward to sharing our team's research advancements, collaborative opportunities, and celebrated accomplishments. Let's connect!