22.992, Support: Speech Hearing/Phonetic Sciences: PhD Student, U. College London

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Subject: 22.992, Support: Speech Hearing/Phonetic Sciences: PhD Student, U. College London

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Date: 25-Feb-2011
From: Paul Iverson [p.iverson at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Cognitive Science, Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences: PhD Student, University College London, United Kingdom

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:28:51
From: Paul Iverson [p.iverson at ucl.ac.uk]
Subject: Cognitive Science, Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences: PhD Student, University College London, United Kingdom

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Institution/Organization: University College London 
Department:  

Level: PhD 

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Phonetics; Phonology; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax 

Description:

Four studentships at UCL Psychology and Language Sciences and UCL Ear 
Institute

Applicants should send a CV, covering letter, undergraduate and postgraduate 
transcripts, and two reference letters (sent directly by the referees) to Natalie 
Wilkins, n.wilkins at ucl.ac.uk. Please indicate which studentship is relevant to your 
application. Each studentship will cover fees and include a stipend. Applicants 
should have a relevant first degree or masters degree equivalent to a 1st class or 
high 2:1 standard in the UK system.

1) ESRC quota studentship, 3-year MPhil/PhD or 1+3 including a year of masters 
study. Applications will be considered for students interested in experimental 
investigations of human communication (e.g., speech, language and 
communication; experimental phonetics, linguistics and pragmatics; 
developmental and acquired disorders; and hearing impairments).

The 1+3 award will include study in either the MRes in Speech Language and 
Cognition (http://tinyurl.com/yb9p5d2), MSc Language Sciences 
(http://tinyurl.com/4naauns), or MSc Neuroscience Language and Communication 
(http://tinyurl.com/lpk5jg). Applicants should include a description of their principal 
research interests. Applicants for the 3-year award must also include an outline 
plan of their intended research, ideally discussed with a potential supervisor in 
Developmental Science (http://tinyurl.com/6kcywja), Language and 
Communication (http://tinyurl.com/6eqeygn), Linguistics 
(http://tinyurl.com/6jyqp7g), Speech Hearing and Phonetic Science 
(http://tinyurl.com/6gnlvw3), or Deafness Language and Cognition 
(http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/).

Applicants must specify how they meet ESRC's eligibility conditions, which 
typically require UK residency (http://tinyurl.com/6cumun9).

2) Deafness Research UK 3-year MPhil/PhD studentship: Pitch perception and 
production in children with cochlear implants. Supervisors: Dr. Andrew Faulkner 
(UCL Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences) and Dr. Deborah Vickers (UCL Ear 
Institute). This studentship is open to UK and EU residents. Further details at 
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/speech/PhD_opportunities/DRUK

3) UCL IMPACT 3-year MPhil/PhD studentship, co-funded by Advanced Bionics:  
Contributions of 'virtual channels' to the perception of pitch through a cochlear 
implant. Supervisors: Dr. Deborah Vickers (UCL Ear Institute) and Dr. Andrew 
Faulkner (UCL Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences). This studentship is open 
to UK and EU residents. Further details at 
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/research/speech/PhD_opportunities/IMPACT

4) ESRC 3-year MPhil/PhD studentship, linked to a project grant on 'Speaker-
controlled variability in children's speech in interaction'. Supervisors: Prof. Valerie 
Hazan (UCL Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences) and Dr. Merle Mahon (UCL 
Developmental Science).

The aim of the studentship will be to investigate, via acoustic-phonetic analyses of 
the speech signal, the clear speech strategies used by 13-14 year old adolescents 
when interacting with peers with a hearing impairment. The work will also entail a 
detailed analysis of the communication strategies used by adolescents with 
hearing impairment when interacting with hearing and hearing-impaired peers.  The 
studentship will complement work in the main project on the development of clear 
speech strategies in older children with normal hearing while communicating in 
different types of adverse listening conditions.

The studentship is available as early as 1 June 2011. Applicants must specify how 
they meet ESRC's eligibility conditions, which typically require UK residency 
(http://tinyurl.com/6cumun9), and will be subject to a Criminal Record Bureau 
check. 

Application Deadline: 18-Mar-2011 

Mailing Address for Applications:
	Attn: Natalie Wilkins 
	UCL Language Sciences 
	2 Wakefield Street 
	London WC1N 1PF 
	United Kingdom 	

Contact Information: 
	Natalie Wilkins 
	n.wilkins at ucl.ac.uk  

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