28 April: fyi -- phd funding (speech), NL
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ability (3.5 years) (Center for Language Studies, Radboud University
Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
As a Ph.D student you will participate in the project "What makes a
good listener? Correlates of speech comprehension ability in young
and older listeners". This project is funded in the form of a VIDI
Grant by the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research and
directed by Dr. Esther Janse.
General project description:
When listening to spoken language, people vary considerably in their
listening proficiency, even if their objective hearing sensitivity is
taken into account. This project attempts to identify which individual
abilities predict speech-processing ability across a range of speech
materials and in different listening conditions. The aim is to develop
a new model of speech recognition in everyday listening.
Project information Ph.D student 1: Individual differences in the
perception of conversational speech. This project intends to
investigate how several aspects of conversational speech (such as
articulation clarity and dysfluencies) interact with individual
listener abilities in speech recognition.
Project information Ph.D student 2: Individual differences in
perceptual learning. When presented with distorted speech or novel
listening conditions (such as after initial hearing-aid fitting),
listeners may improve over exposure. This project attempts to describe
perceptual reorganization processes and to identify correlates of
perceptual learning.
Your research will be embedded in the Center for Language Studies at
Radboud University Nijmegen (www.ru.nl/cls, see Linguistic Information
Processing subtheme). The current project also connects to the
Individual Differences in Language Processing research group at the
Max Planck institute for Psycholinguistics
(http://www.mpi.nl/research/research-projects/individual-
differences).
The positions are available as of 1 September 2011. Applications should include
the candidate's CV, a sample of their writing, grade lists, and names and e-mail
addresses of two potential referees.
Application Deadline: 20-May-2011
Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Arts, P&O Department
P.O. Box 9103
Nijmegen 6500 HD
Netherlands
Contact Information:
Esther Janse
Esther.Janse@mpi.nl
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