PhD studentship in Cochlear implants (Colette Mckay )

Subject: PhD studentship in Cochlear implants From: Colette Mckay <Colette.Mckay@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:11:00 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> This is a multi-part message in MIME format ---------3acd745d3acd745d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List, please find below details of a PhD studentship funded by Cochlea= r Europe to start in 2009. Please forward to any students who may be inter= ested. Colette = Objective fitting of cochlear implants = Professor Colette McKay = The Audiology and Deafness Research Group invites applications for a distin= guished 3-year PhD studentship commencing in April 2009. The studentship is= open to UK/EU nationals only due to the nature of the funding and will pro= vide full support for the UK/EU tuition fee and a tax-free annual stipend o= f =A312, 940. = = A cochlear implant is a device that restores hearing to severely or profoun= dly deaf people by electrically stimulating surviving hearing nerves in the= cochlea. In order to fit a cochlear implant the range of currents used in = up to 22 electrode positions must be established (eliciting hearing sensati= ons from threshold of hearing to uncomfortably loud). This is a long and te= dious process for patients and is additionally not possible with infants, w= ho are now routinely implanted at less than 12 months of age. This PhD proj= ect has the aim of developing objective measures (using auditory evoked pot= entials) that are both reliable and clinically efficient for fitting of coc= hlear implants without the need for behavioural measurements. = = Currently it is possible to measure the response of the peripheral auditory= nerve to individual current pulses (using electrodes in the cochlea). Howe= ver, these responses are not sufficiently correlated with behavioural heari= ng levels to be clinically useful on their own. At issue is the way that th= e central auditory system codes loudness and the individual differences in = the function of the surviving auditory nerves. Thus the project will focus = on understanding the way that individual differences in neural function aff= ect loudness (and on developing an objective measure related to the individ= ual differences). It will also compare the effectiveness of evoked potentia= ls measured at different points in the auditory system (peripheral versus c= ortical). The outcome will be an improved way of objectively fitting a coch= lear implant that can be implemented and used in audiology clinics. The pro= ject will also significantly contribute to knowledge about how the auditory= system encodes loudness, and thus will be relevant to future developments = in signal processing for cochlear implants. = = Applicants should hold (or be expected to obtain) an undergraduate degree a= t minimum upper second class or equivalent level in an associated subject. = It would be advantageous for candidates to have further postgraduate experi= ence in the form of a Masters in Research or Masters in Audiology degree. T= he project would be suitable for a person with background or experience in = audiology, psychology, electrophysiology or a related discipline. It may al= so be of interest to an applicant with an electrical engineering or signal = processing background wishing to develop a multidisciplinary career profile= . = = Applications should consist of the following: = 1. A covering letter detailing your interest in the project and why you wou= ld be a suitable candidate. = 2. CV, including university transcripts of results to date. = 3. Contact details of two referees who can comment on your suitability for = PhD study. = 4. A selected piece of scientific writing (for example your dissertation re= port for a research project) that is entirely your own work. = = = = = Applications should be sent to Professor Colette McKay via email or post: = Professor Colette McKay School of Psychological Sciences = Human Communication and Deafness Division Ellen Wilkinson Building University of Manchester = Manchester, M13 9PL = colette.mckay@xxxxxxxx = Applications will be welcomed up to and including Friday 23 January 2009. W= hilst the PhD is scheduled to commence in April 2009 this is negotiable. = http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/audiologyanddeafness/= = = ---------3acd745d3acd745d Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 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=3Diso-8859-1"= > <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"= name=3D"PostalCode"/> <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"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=3DEN-GB link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> Dear List, please = find below details of a PhD studentship funded by Cochlear Europe to start in 20= 09.  Please forward to any students who may be interested.<o:p></o:p></spa= n> Colette<o:p></o:p>= <o:p> </o:p> Objective fitting of cochlear implant= s<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p></font= > Professor Colette McKay<o:p></o:p></s= pan> <o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p> The Audiology and Deafness Research Group invites applications for a distinguished 3-year PhD studentship commencing in April= 2009. The studentship is open to UK/EU nationals only due to the nature of = the funding and will provide full support for the UK/EU tuition fee and a tax-f= ree annual stipend of =A312, 940. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p= > A cochlear implant is a device that restores hearing t= o severely or profoundly deaf people by electrically stimulating surviving hearing nerves in the cochlea. In order to fit a cochlear implant the range= of currents used in up to 22 electrode positions must be established (elicitin= g hearing sensations from threshold of hearing to uncomfortably loud). This i= s a long and tedious process for patients and is additionally not possible with= infants, who are now routinely implanted at less than 12 months of age. Thi= s PhD project has the aim of developing objective measures (using auditory ev= oked potentials) that are both reliable and clinically efficient for fitting of cochlear implants without the need for behavioural measurements. <o:p></o:p= > <o:p> </o:p> Currently it is possible to measure the response of th= e peripheral auditory nerve to individual current pulses (using electrodes in= the cochlea). However, these responses are not sufficiently correlated with behavioural hearing levels to be clinically useful on their own. At issue i= s the way that the central auditory system codes loudness and the individual differences in the function of the surviving auditory nerves. Thus the proj= ect will focus on understanding the way that individual differences in neural function affect loudness (and on developing an objective measure related to= the individual differences). It will also compare the effectiveness of evoked potentials measured at different points in the auditory system (peripheral versus cortical). The outcome will be an improved way of objectively fittin= g a cochlear implant that can be implemented and used in audiology clinics. The= project will also significantly contribute to knowledge about how the audit= ory system encodes loudness, and thus will be relevant to future developments i= n signal processing for cochlear implants. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Applicants should hold (or be expected to obtain) an undergraduate degree at minimum upper second class or equivalent level in a= n associated subject. It would be advantageous for candidates to have further= postgraduate experience in the form of a Masters in Research or Masters in Audiology degree. The project would be suitable for a person with backgroun= d or experience in audiology, psychology, electrophysiology or a related discipl= ine. It may also be of interest to an applicant with an electrical engineering o= r signal processing background wishing to develop a multidisciplinary career profile. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Applications should consist of the following:<o:p></o:= p> <o:p> </o:p> <ol style=3D'margin-top:0cm' start=3D1 type=3D1> <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>A covering letter detai= ling your interest in the project and why you would be a suitable candidate= . <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>CV, including universit= y transcripts of results to date. <o:p></o:p></fon= t></li> <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Contact details of two referees who can comment on your suitability for PhD study.</fo= nt> <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>A selected piece of sci= entific writing (for example your dissertation report for a research project) = that is entirely your own work. <o:p></o:p></fon= t></li> </ol> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Applications should be sent to Professor Colette McKay= via email or post:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Professor Colette McKay<o:p></o:p> School of Psychological Sciences <o:p></o:p></f= ont> Human Communication and Deafness Division<o:p></o:p></= span> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on"><fon= t size=3D2 face=3DSylfaen>Ellen= </st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Wilkinson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Building<= /st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on"><fon= t size=3D2 face=3DSylfaen>Unive= rsity</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Manchester</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> <o:p><= /o:p> <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Manch= ester</st1:City>, <st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">M13 9PL</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></= o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <a href=3D"mailto:colette.mckay@xxxxxxxx" title=3D"mailto:colette.mckay@xxxxxxxx">colette.mckay@xxxxxxxx= .uk</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Applications will be welcomed up to and including <= span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Friday 23 January 2009. Whilst the Ph= D is scheduled to commence in April 2009 this is negotiable.<o:p></o:p></= font> <o:p> </o:p> <a href=3D"http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/audiologyandd= eafness/" title=3D"http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/audiologyand= deafness/">http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/research/groups/audiologya= nddeafness/</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> ---------3acd745d3acd745d--

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