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Seeking infant vocalization corpus

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Subject: Seeking infant vocalization corpus
From: David Schwartz <schwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:00:48 -0400
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Greetings. I'm seeking high-quality recordings of infant vocalizations(cries, babbling, etc.), ideally from a large representative sample ofinfants. Does there exist such a 'pre-speech' corpus?


Many thanks.

David

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 1. 3 PhD studentships at the University of Manchester
 2. audiology position announcement

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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:54:15 +0000
From: Colette Mckay <Colette.Mckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 3 PhD studentships at the University of Manchester

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Apologies for cross-listing

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Dear List,
We have three studentships currently advertised for PhD study inhearing at=Manchester University. A brief description and links to more detailsbelow=
Please disseminate to students who may be interested. =


=
'Assessing benefit from bilateral versus unilateral hearing aidfittings': =This project will address the lack of evidence of real-world benefitfrom b=ilateral hearing aid fitting and identify individuals for whom thedrawback=
s of a bilateral fitting would outweigh the advantages.

http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystuden=
tships/psychsci/asimpson

=
'Developing cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEP) as a tool forassess=ment of hearing status in infants with Auditory Neuropathy SpectrumDisorde=r (ANSD)': This project will investigate the usefulness andreliability of =CAEP as a tool for objective assessment of hearing thresholds ininfants wi=th ANSD. First, the effects of different sleep states and stimuli onthe CA=EP response in normally hearing infants will be determined. Then,using opt=imised conditions, the usefulness of CAEP in assessing hearingthresholds a=
nd function in infants with ANSD will be investigated

http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystuden=
tships/psychsci/kuus

=
'The measurement of basilar-membrane nonlinearity as a diagnostictechnique=' : This project will develop clinically-effective techniques toassess coc=hlear function related to the type of hair cell loss. Thesediagnostic tech=niques will provide important information to optimise the fitting ofhearin=
g aids. =


http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystuden=
tships/psychsci/rbaker

=
Here is the link to academic and residential eligibility criteria:http://w=ww.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystudentships/E=
ligibility/

=


Cheers,

Colette McKay

=


*****************************************************

Professor Colette McKay

Chair in Applied Hearing Science

Human Communication and Deafness Group

School of Psychological Sciences

University of Manchester

Manchester M13 9PL

Phone: +44 (0)161 3061671

Fax: +44 (0)161 2753373

colette.mckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

=


PA Wendy Spruce

+44 (0)161 2758281

wendy.spruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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states and stimuli on the CAEP response in normally hearing infantswill be=
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<spanlang=3DE=
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<spanlang=3DE=
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<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
************************************************=
*****<o:p></o:p>
Professor Colette McKay<o:p></o:p>=

Chair in Applied Hearing Science<o:p></o:p></spa=
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Human Communication and DeafnessGroup<o:p></o:p=

School of Psychological Sciences<o:p></o:p></spa=
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Fax: +44 (0)161 2753373<o:p></o:p>=

colette.mckay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p>=

<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>
PA Wendy Spruce<o:p></o:p>
+44 (0)161 2758281<o:p></o:p>
wendy.spruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p><=
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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:41:04 -0500
From: Valeriy Shafiro <Valeriy_Shafiro@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: audiology position announcement

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