John Shim Email & Phone Number

Valencia, California

Valencia, California

• Acquired $20,000 in funding and placed 1st at ASU Venture Devil's Demo Day for presenting a pitch on fashionizing hearing aids and designing an innovative business model
• Developed a proprietary feedback management system that simultaneously compensates for the occlusion effect to optimize output gain, retention, and comfort

• Designed and 3D printed an ear-canal-simulator with a feedback management system that decreased the white noise by 6 dB via physical attenuation instead of digital reduction
• Developed a protocol to compare the frequency responses of different prototypes and proposed the necessary modifications for future researches and commercial implications

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

• Developed a multiband compressor using MATLAB that preserved the audibility of the original stimulus while varyingly compressing the individual bands in order to examine the compression’s effect on speech information.
• Pioneered a virtual workflow for data collection in response to the pandemic which resulted in twice as many participants per day than in-person data collection at the lab

• Directed the audio production and provided emergent support for weekly worship services while live-mixing multiple instruments to create an uninterrupted and engaging experience

La Jolla, CA

• Supervised the technical components of professional and entertainment events around campus to ensure safety and proper use of audio-visual equipment for event coordinators
• Assembled the sound system and set up feedback management, equalization, noise gate, and compression to optimize the surrounding environment for an ideal audio performance

Aud, Audiology/Audiologist

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Music Technology