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Voice recording session for speech studies
University College London, GB
Noisy environments, such as busy cafes or restaurants, can affect our ability to understand speech. Previous research has shown that we are better at understanding familiar voices than unfamiliar ones, especially in these noisy environments. Our research group is examining whether training on...
- 180 Min(s) to complete
- Cash payment of £10 per hour
- Recording
- 2 Wakefield St, London WC1N 1PF, UK
26 April 2025 Requirements- Male
- Aged 18 to 35
- Native English speaker
- Must have Standard Southern British English Accent (grew up in London / South-East of England)
- No history of hearing problems
- Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
- No history of speech impediment
- No history of reading or language disorders (e.g. dyslexia)
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What affects your perception of sound? fMRI Study
University College London, GB
This study will involve:
- A hearing test;
- A 30 minute computer task, in which you will be presented a series of ‘trials’. Each trial is a few seconds long, and involves listening to a series of audio tones through headphones, and seeing a visual cue. You will subsequently be presented...- 150 Min(s) to complete
- £30 and local travel expenses reimbursed
- Experiment
- Wellcome Trust Centre, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK
17 March 2025 Requirements- Hearing ability within ‘normal’ range
- NO presence of tinnitus (persistent sound heard in one or both ears that is not coming from an external sound source or actual sounds being generated inside your body such as turbulent blood flow), that is present in the absence of background sounds that are sufficiently loud to mask it
- Aged 18 or over
- The ability to lie very still for around 60 minutes at a time
- No presence of claustrophobia/fear of enclosed or tight spaces
- No eye or head injuries involving metal (e.g. splinters from working with metal, or shrapnel)
- No implanted medical devices (including pacemakers, cochlear implants, heart valves, aneurysm clips or coronary stents, infusion pumps, or Hickman lines)
- No abnormalities of brain structure (e.g. stroke, tumour), or other neurological disorders (e.g. multiple sclerosis or epilepsy)
- No ongoing use of sedating medications, or certain other nerve-acting medications
- No current mental health condition of sufficient severity to prevent certain activities of everyday life
- No experience of seizures
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Eye-tracking Study: Exploring Listening Effort in Speech Perception
University College London, GB
You will listen to acoustically degraded sentences in the experiment. After listening to each sentence, you will need to repeat what you heard aloud. While listening to the sentences, your pupil dilation will be recorded using an eye tracker. Additionally, you will undergo a hearing threshold...
- 80 Min(s) to complete
- Online Shopping voucher
- Experiment
- London WC1N 1PF, UK
23 August 2024 Requirements- Native British English speaker
- Age 65-80
- right-handed.
- Less than 3 years of musical training
- Non-impaired hearing
- Normal vision or eye prescription from +3.00 to -3.00 D
- No neurological or psychiatric disorders