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2 PhD positions available on human speech perception, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands



2 PhD positions available on human speech perception
At the Center for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen, the
Netherlands

-- Project 1: Individual differences in speech perception ability (3.5
years)

As a PhD 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 Organization of Scientific Research and directed by dr.
Esther Janse. This project attempts to identify which individual
abilities predict speech-processing ability across a range of speech
materials and in different listening conditions. Your research will
focus on investigating how several aspects of conversational speech
(such as articulation clarity and dysfluencies) interact with individual
listener abilities in speech recognition.

For additional information, please go to:
http://www.ru.nl/vacatures/details/details_vacature_0?recid=508971
Or send an e-mail to Esther.Janse@xxxxxx

-- Project 2: Multiple Source Stream Integration in Human Listeners (3
years)

As a PhD student you will participate in the FP7 Marie Curie Initial
Training Network Investigating Speech Processing In Realistic
Environments (INSPIRE). You will become a member of an international
team of researchers whose aim is to gain a better understanding of how
listeners recognize speech, even under non-ideal circumstances, focusing
on alleviating the serious communication problems that arise, especially
for older and hearing-impaired persons, when different combinations of
’adverse’ conditions affect the speech processing system. Your research
will focus on questions such as: How do listeners integrate different
information streams such as lexical and acoustic information in order to
understand speech? What is the importance of these information streams
for normal and hearing-impaired listeners, in noisy and in noise-free
environments, and under cognitive load?

For additional information, please go to:
http://www.ru.nl/vacatures/details/details_vacature_0?recid=508848
Or send an e-mail to Odette.Scharenborg@xxxxxx