Two positions at the Research Associate level are available at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. A copy of the job
requirements are posted below. Please contact either Ken W. Grant
(grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) or Van Summers (walter.summers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
for further information.
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The Research Associate will be responsible for performing a
range of tasks supporting a research program aimed at characterizing
and
modeling suprathreshold distortions in auditory processing by persons
with
impaired hearing. These projects will be conducted by the Research
Section of
the Army Audiology and Speech
Center at the
Walter Reed
Army Medical Center, Washington, DC. The overall project will be under
the
supervision of the Director of Research, Army Audiology and Speech Center,
and day-to-day responsibilities will be under the supervision of the
Directors
of the Auditory-Visual Speech Recognition laboratory (position 1) and
the Director
of the Psychoacoustics and Speech Perception laboratory (position 2).
Responsibilities
include (Position 1):
- Help coordinate various research
studies in the Auditory-Visual Speech Recognition Laboratory. This will
include help with literature reviews, experimental design, programming
for stimulus presentation and data collection, and equipment set-up and
calibration.
- Collect data on oral-facial kinematics
to determine how the various movements of a talking face aid in speech
understanding under auditory-visual presentation modes (i.e.,
face-to-face communication).
- Collect data on speech recognition in
combinations of noise and reverberation in hearing-impaired persons.
- Determine how rate of speech
production affects the auditory, visual, and auditory-visual
recognition of phonetic features.
- Work closely with other scientists at
the Army Auditory and Speech
Center to
interface data with developing models of speech processing.
- Work closely with scientists from
other facilities on development and modifications of the Auditory
Processing Model.
- Design and implement new scientific
studies as needed, help with data analysis, writing, and publication.
- Maintaining research records according
to current HIPPA regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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Responsibilities
include (Position 2):
- Help coordinate laboratory studies
aimed at accurately characterizing auditory processing capabilities of
specific listeners with impaired hearing. To include: recruiting,
screening, scheduling, and testing potential subjects.
- Develop new, and modify current,
computer programs to control presentation of acoustic stimuli and
collect response data.
- Work closely with other scientists at
the Army Auditory and Speech
Center and at
other facilities to interface data with developing models of speech
processing. Contribute to development and modification of these models.
- Plan and carry out custom data
analyses of experimental data. Prepare graphical presentations of data.
Contribute to writing of posters and papers to disseminate experimental
results.
- Design and implement new scientific
studies as needed.
- Maintaining research records according
to current HIPPA regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Experience Required:
Several years of experience in Hearing Science,
Linguistics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering or
related field with an emphasis on auditory processing of speech and
other sounds or related field
with an emphasis on auditory processing of speech and other sounds is
required.
Background knowledge in the following areas is preferred: experimental design and methods for research
involving human subjects; psychophysics; signal processing; statistics;
and
computer programming.
<>Education Required:
Ph.D. in Hearing Science, Linguistics, Computer
Science,
Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field of acoustics is
required.
Candidates with post-doctoral experience are preferred.
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Ken W. Grant
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Army Audiology and Speech Center
Building 2, Room 6A53C
Washington, DC 20307-5001
Work: 202-782-8596
Fax: 202-782-9228
email: grant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx