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Excuse for multiple postings PhD students (6) for explorative studies in new biomarkers of listening effort and motivation Become an entrepreneurial expert in an emerging field combining audiological, motivational, psychological and psychophysiological perspectives in hearing-aid technology. The project In today’s aging European population, hearing impairment is an increasing concern for public health and social participation, affecting one in three older adults. The H2020 EC Marie-Curie ITN project
'Innovative Hearing Aid Research – Ecological Conditions and Outcome Measures' (HEAR-ECO) addresses this concern by developing and combining new tools and outcome measures for realistic communication, and translating these tools into innovative developments
and evaluations of new technology for those with hearing loss. At its core, HEAR-ECO will train a new team of researchers working at the nexus of technology, psychology, physiology and audiology. HEAR-ECO will assess how task demands, motivation, and invested effort modulate speech understanding and hearing-aid benefit in daily life. The PhD students will work together to creatively combine
three established measures of listening effort, and to develop innovative conditions for testing hearing aids. Moreover, this research will develop bold new tests, analyses techniques, and technologies that will create more realistic listening conditions.
As a PhD student in this project, you will receive extensive training throughout the project. You will become capable of spanning the relevant disciplines and translating your knowledge into innovative hearing-aid evaluation and development. Your challenge The six PhD students at the core of HEAR-ECO will work as an international multi-site, multi-disciplinary team. Three students will primarily train in Amsterdam, Netherlands (VU University Medical
Center); the three other students will primarily train in the UK (University of Nottingham in Glasgow). All six students will also have an extended secondment together in Denmark at one of the largest hearing-aid manufacturers in the world (Oticon Eriksholm
Research Centre, Snekkersten). Each student will have specific roles within the team, but all will be involved in - Explorative studies in new biomarkers of effort and motivation - Pupillometry, - Brain activity (e.g. EEG), - Heart activity (including training with associated partners at Liverpool John Moores University) - Ambulatory measurements of physiological measures, - Innovative integrations of measures of listening effort, - Developments of realistic communication scenarios, - Novel hearing-aid technologies and evaluations. Your profile Prospective applicants should have - Masters student/graduate interested in multidisciplinary research on hearing loss, hearing-aid technology and communication with a background in - Social, experimental or cognitive psychology, - Neuroscience or neuropsychology, - Biomedical or Health Sciences, - Audiology, - Psychophysics, - Engineering, - Or related fields. - An insatiable thirst for new knowledge - Ability to spend extended periods in different locales We offer VUmc salary scale:
OIO (2279 tot 2919 euro based on a 36 hour week), depending on qualifications and experience. This is the VUmc salary scale; similar stipends apply for the positions at Oticon and the University of Nottingham (adapted to University and country scales).
Additional information Please note that in this stage of the recruitment process, we ask everyone interested in any of the six positions to apply via the same link (see below), regardless of the preferred institution or
position. We will be considering every candidate that has applied for all six posts and discuss the possibilities with the candidates. Note that EU mobility rules apply (see 3.4 and definitions in
http://tinyurl.com/y97luaao). Also, at the time of appointment candidates must have had less than four years
full-time equivalent research experience. Recruitment will follow the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. These posts will not be affected directly by any changes in UK/EU relations.
To enrol as PhD students, candidates must fulfil standard academic and language proficiency requirements of the respective universities. Stipends will be according to the local regulations of the VU University medical center, University of Nottingham in Glasgow, or Oticon Eriksholm Research Centre. The expected starting date for students will be Spring 2018.
Interested? For more information about this position, you can contact mw dr. A. Zekveld
, via email AA.Zekveld@xxxxxxx. Please apply before 06-01-2018 with reference number D2.2017.00181LE via the following link:
https://www.werkenbijvumc.nl/apply/?vacancy_id=D2.2017.00181LE&post_id=11379
Best wishes, from Eriksholm Thomas Lunner Research Area Manager, Cognitive Hearing Science Rørtangvej 20 3070 Snekkersten Denmark
Direct: +45 4829 8918 Mobil: +46 7093 81298 Email: thlu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website:
www.eriksholm.com Linnaeus Centre HEAD Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning Linköping University Sweden Email: thomas.lunner@xxxxxx Hearing Systems Department of Electrical Engineering Technical University of Denmark Kgs. Lyngby,
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