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 (now known as "Western University"). 
Applications are preferred by May 1, 2012 (see link below).

Research will be conducted in relation to a 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.

Applications for studies outside of this project will also be 
considered. In particular, Dr. Macpherson's Spatial and Prosthetic 
Hearing Laboratory has active collaborations with the cochlear implant 
program at the London Health Sciences Centre.

Students will enroll 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, acoustics, signal processing, or a related field is desirable.

Canadian students are particularly invited to apply; unfortunately the 
HRS Graduate program currently has very few openings for international 
students, and therefore any available spaces are highly competitive.

Application materials and more information about international 
applications are available online at:
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/health_rehab_sci/academic_information/apply.html

Please address any inquiries by email to:

Dr. Ewan A. Macpherson, Assistant Professor
School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  & National Centre for Audiology
Western University
London, Ontario, Canada
ewan.macpherson@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/bio/profile/macpherson_e.html