M.Sc. or Ph.D. studentship available in spatial hearing - University of Western Ontario

["Ewan A. Macpherson" <ewan.macpherson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Applications are invited for an NSERC-supported M.Sc. (2-year) or Ph.D. 
(4-year) studentship under the supervision of Dr. Ewan Macpherson at the 
University of Western Ontario.  Applications are preferred by May 1, 
2011 (see link below).

Research will be conducted in relation to an NSERC-funded project which 
studies spatial hearing. Foci of the project include quantification of 
stimulus, environmental, and individual factors affecting the 
integration of sound localization cues; benefits of head movement for 
sound source detection, segregation, and localization; and multimodal 
(visual, vestibular, and  proprioceptive) sensory integration in dynamic 
sound localization. Virtual auditory space simulation methods will be 
used extensively throughout the project.

Studies will be conducted in the Hearing Science field of the Health and 
Rehabilitation Sciences (HRS) graduate program in the Faculty of Health 
Sciences at Western. The following links give more information about 
this program:
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/health_rehab_sci/index.html
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/health_rehab_sci/fields/hearing_science.html

Faculty in the Hearing Science field are based at the National Centre 
for Audiology (NCA, http://nca.uwo.ca), and have diverse interests in 
basic, translational, and clinical research in hearing science and 
audiology. Research at the NCA is highly collaborative, and Hearing 
Science graduate students also have many opportunities to interact with 
faculty and students in other HRS fields and in other Western graduate 
programs such as Neuroscience and Engineering. The excellent research 
facilities at the NCA include fully instrumented anechoic and 
reverberation chambers and are supported by in-house technical staff.

Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated excellence in
academic performance, good quantitative/programming skills, and research 
experience.  Previous experience in the hearing sciences, perceptual 
psychology, or a related field is desirable, but not mandatory.

Application procedures and materials are available online at:
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/health_rehab_sci/academic_information/apply.html

Please address any inquiries regarding this position by email to:

Dr. Ewan A. Macpherson, Assistant Professor
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
 & National Centre for Audiology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada
ewan.macpherson@xxxxxxxxxx