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[AUDITORY] Ph.D. studentship



Please see below an advert for a Ph.D. studentship at Anglia Ruskin university in Cambridge. Please address queries to Shahina Pardhan, not to me.

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When vision is lost, other senses can be enhanced. Our previous research has shown that blind individuals show improved performance, compared to normal subjects, for discriminating between two sound sources. However when blind participants were asked to judge how far a sound source was, the performance was significantly worse.  The PhD programme will build on our current research, to examine spatial perception using sound for different auditory tasks, in different acoustical environments, in participants who are blind compared to those who have some residual vision and normally sighted participants.  We propose a systematic study, using simulated reverberant and anechoic environments, to explore various parameters of auditory perception in normally sighted and visually impaired individuals. 

Applications are invited from ambitious and self-motivated UK/EU candidates with at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree in psychology (or related discipline) with an interest in perception or sensory loss, hearing, or expertise in audio engineering or music technology. Good programming skills in Matlab are also essential. International students are welcome to apply but must be able to pay the difference between UK/EU fees and international fees. 

You will be based in the Vision and Eye Research Unit, School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University. This project requires working across a multidisciplinary team of vision, computer and hearing scientists including Drs Cirstea and Kolarik and Professor Brian Moore. The project will involve clinical data collection and analysis from patients and volunteers, and a variety of computing work (including imaging and physiological signal analysis, graphics and statistics). Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU) was awarded 'world class' and' internationally excellent' scores in the Last Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014).  Deadline for applications is 12th February 2018. Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Shahina Pardhan ( Shahina.Pardhan@xxxxxxxxxxxx).

Brian C. J. Moore, Ph.D, Dr. h.c., FMedSci, FRS
Emeritus Professor of Auditory Perception,
Department of Experimental Psychology,
University of Cambridge,
Downing Street,
Cambridge CB2 3EB,
UK
Tel. +44 (0) 1223 333574
Fax. +44 (0) 1223 333564
http://hearing.psychol.cam.ac.uk