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Chord Zheng

Audiology Research Engineer

Exploring the intersection of audiology R&D, software engineering, and artificial intelligence.

ChordJiang@gmail.com
+86 137-3234-5183
China · Shanghai
@JiangYaaa

Experience

2024.07 – 2026.11

Current

Sonova R&D Shanghai Audiology Research Center

Audiology Research Engineer

  • Lead audiology and hearing-aid research initiatives, focusing on signal processing, fitting strategies, and user studies.
  • Design and build internal software tools, automation scripts, and dashboards that streamline experimental workflows and data review.
  • Partner with global R&D, marketing, and clinical teams to translate findings into product requirements and validation protocols.

2023 – 2024.05

Sonova — R&D / AT / MKT & Innovation Center

Intern

  • Translated and produced 40+ technical training modules, supporting curriculum migration and on-site demonstrations.
  • Developed 30+ Python utilities for audio/video handling and data processing, saving roughly 2,000 minutes of repetitive work.

2021.07 – 2022.12

Zhejiang Rehab Medical Center · Taizhou 2nd Hospital ENT & Sleep Clinics

Clinical Audiology Intern

  • Completed 60+ pediatric and adult assessments (PTA, immittance, OAE) and delivered personalized rehabilitation roadmaps.
  • Assisted hearing-aid fitting and cochlear implant mapping, providing follow-up counseling for diverse hearing profiles.
  • Participated in vestibular assessments (ENG/VNG, Frenzel goggles) and developed differential diagnosis workflows for vertigo cases.
Year in Review

Activity

Selected Works

Research Tools & Scripts

Part of Selected Works
Static Sound Source Localization project cover
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Spatial Audio

Static Sound Source Localization

Testing suite for azimuth localization experiments with calibrated loudspeaker layouts.

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QUEST+ Threshold Estimation project cover
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Algorithm

QUEST+ Threshold Estimation

Implemented multiple parallel QUEST+ adaptive procedures to accelerate Speech Reception Threshold estimation.

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EEG Experiment Program project cover
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Research Dev

EEG Experiment Program

Built E-Prime Inline & MNN Psychopy paradigms for ERP studies with tight stimulus timing control and automated data collection.

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Digital Research

EMA & Digital Research

Combined a MATLAB SAM log export utility with a WeChat mini-program workflow for EMA tasks, scheduling, questionnaires, and voice capture.

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SAMLog Studio project cover
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Analytics

SAMLog Studio

Hearing-aid SAM log analysis platform with behavioral visual analytics and a local-model-assisted data-cleaning pipeline.

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SenseData project cover
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Data Platform

SenseData

Multi-modal sensory and behavioural analytics platform for structured exploration, statistical summaries, and research exports.

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BehavioralResearch project cover
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Experiment Platform

BehavioralResearch

Desktop platform for speaker-array configuration, audio calibration, behavioral experiment workflows, and result review.

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Loudness Validation

RevoLoud

Chinese research implementation of natural-sound loudness validation, with calibration, CU ratings, a 12-cell loudness map, and offline Windows releases.

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Agents & Plugins

Part of Selected Works
Dify Core Contributor project cover
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LLM / AI

Dify Core Contributor

Ah... that was a long time ago, back before version 0.15.3.

Audiology RAG Pipeline project cover
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LLM / AI

Audiology RAG Pipeline

Prototyped a RAG + fine-tuning workflow for audiology Q&A, including dataset curation, retrieval evaluation, and deployment scripts.

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AI Workspace

MoRos Workspace

Local-first desktop workspace that combines file management, Markdown editing, whiteboards, AI chat, and multi-format preview in one Electron app.

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Fitting Agent

FAI / Compass

Audiology agent workspace combining client records, audiograms, streaming conversations, tool approvals, and fitting-software skills.

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Evidence Plugin

AKI / Phonak Evidence

Portable MCP and research-skill plugin for browsing, searching, reading, and citing the Phonak Evidence Library.

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Tokn project cover
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Usage Monitor

Tokn

Windows tray app that brings Codex and Cursor token usage, estimated costs, and activity trends into one compact panel.

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CursorSDK MCP Plugin project cover
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Agent Integration

CursorSDK MCP Plugin

Native Cursor plugin exposing SDK agent and run controls through a local MCP interface, with Windows credential storage.

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Acoustic Toolkit

Part of Selected Works
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PyPI Library

wavx

Modular Python audio toolkit published to PyPI, built to collapse repetitive amplitude, waveform, spectrogram, and RMS checks into one-line calls.

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VS Code Extension

SonicScope

VS Code audio inspection plugin that renders waveform and spectrogram views inside the IDE, helping catch RMS mismatch and silent-segment issues before over-debugging playback code.

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Reson project cover
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React Component Library

Reson

React audiology visualization library with audiogram editing, reusable SVG scenes, explicit units, and an agent plugin.

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HASPI / HASQI project cover
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Audio Evaluation

HASPI / HASQI

MATLAB evaluation interface for reference and processed audio, preprocessing checks, and HASPI/HASQI metric visualization.

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Market Insights

Part of Selected Works
Polaris Market Geo Dashboard project cover
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Geo Analytics

Polaris Market Geo Dashboard

Map-first market intelligence dashboard for hearing-aid retail coverage, dealer structure, and whitespace analysis across China.

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Content Creation

Part of Selected Works
About Lieflat Charts project cover
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Video · 01:20

About Lieflat Charts

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DNN: Acoustic Engineering as Compromise project cover
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Video · 11:27

DNN: Acoustic Engineering as Compromise

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The Need for Cognitive Closure project cover
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Video · 10:04

The Need for Cognitive Closure

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Skills

Development

PythonNumPyPandasFlaskPlotlyMATLABJavaScriptTypeScriptReactGitGitHubDockerNginxPowerShellWindows AutomationDNS / Domain / SSLSoundDevicelibrosaSoundMexProPsychoPy

Audiology & Clinical Practice

Pure-tone AudiometrySpeech AudiometryVRA / Play AudiometryImmittanceAcoustic Reflex TestingOAEABRASSRHearing Aid FittingCochlear Implant MappingREM / RECD VerificationVestibular AssessmentExperimental DesignQUEST / Bayesian Adaptive TestingTrigger SynchronizationAudio Device Routing

AI & Data Intelligence

LLM / RAGPrompt EngineeringFine-tuningLangChainLlamaIndexDifyCodexClaude CodeCLinev0MidjourneyGammaPerplexityManusCursorReplitGitHub CopilotWarpBoltAmpn8nData PipelinesModel EvaluationExperiment Automation

Audio Production & DSP

FL StudioCubaseAdobe AuditionDigital AudioSound DesignMixing / MasteringNoise ShapingStimulus Calibration

Productivity & Communication

ExcelPowerPointNotionObsidianConfluence WikiFigmaTechnical WritingBilingual DocumentationStakeholder Workshops

Private Server & Consumer Hardware

GPU + AI InferenceStorageLinuxNetworkingServer HardwareSolving...