Re: 3 PhD studentships at the University of Manchester (Colette Mckay )

Subject: Re: 3 PhD studentships at the University of Manchester From: Colette Mckay <Colette.Mckay@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:16:26 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> This is a multi-part message in MIME format ---------29f2451b29f2451b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear list, the application deadline is approaching for the three studentshi= ps below. If you have any students looking for a studentship please forward= this info. Thanks. Colette = = ***************************************************** Professor Colette McKay Chair in Applied Hearing Science Human Communication and Deafness Group School of Psychological Sciences University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL Phone: +44 (0)161 3061671 Fax: +44 (0)161 2753373 colette.mckay@xxxxxxxx = PA Wendy Spruce +44 (0)161 2758281 wendy.spruce@xxxxxxxx ******************************************************* ________________________________ From: Colette Mckay [mailto:Colette.Mckay@xxxxxxxx = Sent: 30 October 2008 16:54 To: 'AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx' Subject: 3 PhD studentships at the University of Manchester = Apologies for cross-listing = Dear List, We have three studentships currently advertised for PhD study in hearing at= Manchester University. A brief description and links to more details below= Please disseminate to students who may be interested. = = 'Assessing benefit from bilateral versus unilateral hearing aid fittings': = This project will address the lack of evidence of real-world benefit from b= ilateral hearing aid fitting and identify individuals for whom the drawback= s of a bilateral fitting would outweigh the advantages. http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystuden= tships/psychsci/asimpson = 'Developing cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEP) as a tool for assess= ment of hearing status in infants with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorde= r (ANSD)': This project will investigate the usefulness and reliability of = CAEP as a tool for objective assessment of hearing thresholds in infants wi= th ANSD. First, the effects of different sleep states and stimuli on the CA= EP response in normally hearing infants will be determined. Then, using opt= imised conditions, the usefulness of CAEP in assessing hearing thresholds a= nd function in infants with ANSD will be investigated http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystuden= tships/psychsci/kuus = 'The measurement of basilar-membrane nonlinearity as a diagnostic technique= ' : This project will develop clinically-effective techniques to assess coc= hlear function related to the type of hair cell loss. These diagnostic tech= niques will provide important information to optimise the fitting of hearin= g aids. = http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystuden= tships/psychsci/rbaker = Here is the link to academic and residential eligibility criteria: http://w= ww.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facultystudentships/E= ligibility/ = Cheers, Colette McKay = ***************************************************** Professor Colette McKay Chair in Applied Hearing Science Human Communication and Deafness Group School of Psychological Sciences University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL Phone: +44 (0)161 3061671 Fax: +44 (0)161 2753373 colette.mckay@xxxxxxxx = PA Wendy Spruce +44 (0)161 2758281 wendy.spruce@xxxxxxxx ******************************************************* = ---------29f2451b29f2451b Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:st1=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns=3D"http://ww= w.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/= > <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"= name=3D"PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"= name=3D"PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"= name=3D"place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"= name=3D"PersonName"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-GB link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> Dear list, the application deadline is= approaching for the three studentships below. If you have any students look= ing for a studentship please forward this info. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></font= > Colette <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> ******= ***********************************************<o:p></o:p></p= > Profes= sor Colette McKay<o:p></o:p> Chair = in Applied Hearing Science<o:p></o:p> Human Communication and Deafness Group<o:p></o:p> School= of Psychological Sciences<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:P= laceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:Place= Type> of <st1= :PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Manchester</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p>= <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:pl= ace w:st=3D"on">Manchester</st1:place= ></st1:City> M13 9PL<= o:p></o:p> Phone:= +44 (0)161 3061671<o:p></o:p> Fax: += 44 (0)161 2753373<o:p></o:p> colett= e.mckay@xxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> PA Wen= dy Spruce<o:p></o:p> +44 (0= )161 2758281<o:p></o:p> <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><= font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3D"Times New Roman">wendy.spruce@xxxxxxxx</st1:PersonName><f= ont size=3D2 color=3Dnavy><o:p></o:= p> ******= *************************************************<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=3DMsoNormal align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'> <hr size=3D2 width=3D"100%" align=3Dcenter tabindex=3D-1> </div> From:= Colette Mckay [mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on">Colette.Mckay@xxxxxxxx= ac.uk</st1:PersonName>] Sent: 30 October 2008 16:54<= br> To: 'AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx= A' Subject: 3 PhD studentships = at the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType= > of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Manchester</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> Apologies for cross-listing<o:p></o:p>= <o:p> </o:p> Dear List,<o:p></o:p> We have three studentships currently advertised for PhD study in hearing at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Manch= ester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. A brief= description and links to more details below<o:p></o:p> Please disseminate to students who may be interested. <o= :p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ‘Assessing benefit from bilateral versus unilateral hearing aid fittings’: This project will address the lack = of evidence of real-world benefit from bilateral hearing aid fitting and ident= ify individuals for whom the drawbacks of a bilateral fitting would outweigh th= e advantages.<o:p></o:p> <a href=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facul= tystudentships/psychsci/asimpson" title=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facu= ltystudentships/psychsci/asimpson">http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgrad= uate/research/funding/facultystudentships/psychsci/asimpson</a><o:p></o:p><= /span> <o:p> </o:p> ‘Developing cortical auditory evoked poten= tials (CAEP) as a tool for assessment of hearing status in infants with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)’: This project will investigate t= he usefulness and reliability of CAEP as a tool for objective assessment of hearing thresholds in infants with ANSD. First, the effects of different sl= eep states and stimuli on the CAEP response in normally hearing infants will be= determined. Then, using optimised conditions, the usefulness of CAEP in assessing hearing thresholds and function in infants with ANSD will be investigated<o:p></o:p> <a href=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facul= tystudentships/psychsci/kuus" title=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facu= ltystudentships/psychsci/kuus">http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate= /research/funding/facultystudentships/psychsci/kuus</a><o:p></o:p></= font> <o:p> </o:p> ‘The measurement of basilar-membrane nonlinearity as a diagnostic technique’ : This project will develop clinically-effective techniques to assess cochlear function related to the = type of hair cell loss. These diagnostic techniques will provide important information to optimise the fitting of hearing aids. <o:p></o:p></fo= nt> <a href=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facul= tystudentships/psychsci/rbaker" title=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facu= ltystudentships/psychsci/rbaker">http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgradua= te/research/funding/facultystudentships/psychsci/rbaker</a><o:p></o:p></spa= n> <o:p> </o:p> Here is the link to academic and residential eligibility criteria: <a href=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facul= tystudentships/Eligibility/" title=3D"http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding/facu= ltystudentships/Eligibility/">http://www.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/= research/funding/facultystudentships/Eligibility/</a><o:p></o:p></fo= nt> <o:p> </o:p> Cheers,<o:p></o:p> Colette McKay<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ************************************************= *****<o:p></o:p> Professor Colette McKay<o:p></o:p>= Chair in Applied Hearing Science<o:p></o:p></spa= n> Human Communication and Deafness Group<o:p></o:p= > School of Psychological Sciences<o:p></o:p></spa= n> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:P= laceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">M= anchester</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:C= ity w:st=3D"on">Manchester</st1:City></st1:place> M13 9PL<o:p></o:p>= Phone: +44 (0)161 3061671<o:p></o:p></fon= t> Fax: +44 (0)161 2753373<o:p></o:p>= colette.mckay@xxxxxxxx<o:p></o:p>= <o:p> </o:p> PA Wendy Spruce<o:p></o:p> +44 (0)161 2758281<o:p></o:p> <st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><= font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman">wendy.s= pruce@xxxxxxxx</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p> ************************************************= *******<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> ---------29f2451b29f2451b--

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