ARCHES (Audiological Research Cores in Europe) is a European network of research groups focusing on hearing science, with the aim to stimulate networking, interaction, and scientific collaboration between researchers in the auditory field.

The network currently consists of 8 member institutions in 7 different countries:

• [BE] Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)              
  Division of Experimental Otorhinolaryngology
  Department of Neurosciences 
  Contact: Astrid van Wieringen, Jan Wouters
  Lab website

• [CH] University Hospital Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)  
  Laboratory of Experimental Audiology
  Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
  Contact: Norbert Dillier
  Lab website

• [DE] Carl von Ossietzky Universität (Oldenburg, Germany)
  + Hörzentrum Oldenburg
  Medical Physics Section
  Institute of Physics
  Contact: Birger Kollmeier
  Lab website

• [DK] Technical University of Denmark (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) 
  Centre for Applied Hearing Research
  Department of Electrical Engineering 
  Contact: Torsten Dau
  Lab website 

• [FR] Ecole Normale Supérieure(Paris, France)                                   
  + Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 
  Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs
• Institut d'Etude de la Cognition
• Contact: Christian Lorenzi
  Lab website

• [NL] Academic Medical Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 
  Department of Clinical and Experimental Audiology 
  Contact: Wouter Dreschler
  Lab website

• [NL] VU University Medical Center (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 
  Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
  Contact: Joost Festen
  Lab website 

• [UK] Nottingham University (Nottingham, United Kingdom) 
  MRC Institute of Hearing Research
  Contact: Dave Moore
  Lab website