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The next Speech Science Forum will take place next Thursday the 23rd at 4PM, with a talk by Benedetta Cevoli and Bethan Thomas from Speechmatics. Please join us at Chandler House 118 for this event. For more information about the talk and the speakers: ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/20…

The next SSF will take place next Thursday on May 4th at 4PM BST, where Prof Tamara Rathcke (tamarathcke.bsky.social) will join us to present work on cross-linguistic rhythm and sensorimotor synchronisation. This talk will take place in Chandler House 118. Details also on: ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/20…

Excited to start a Wellcome Career Development Award in September 2023, to investigate how cognition interacts with hearing loss during speech perception at UCL Psych & Lang Sci SHaPS @WCHN_UCL. I'll be advertising for postdoc & PhD positions soon: Watch this space!

Please join us next Wednesday the 17th (not Thursday!) at 4PM BST for the next SSF by Jaimy Hannah, on “cognitive factors and individual difference affecting speech-in-noise perception”. This talk will take place at Chandler House B02 and on Zoom. Feel free to DM for link.

The next SSF will be on Thursday the 25th at 4PM BST, with an online talk by Omnia Ibrahim (Omnia Ibrahim) on how predictability influences acoustic realization of syllables. Feel free to DM for link if you’re interested in joining on Zoom. See also: ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/20…

Job ad now live! *Funded PhD opportunity* at UCL (London, UK) researching how central cognitive pathways interact with hearing loss, using behaviour and pupillometry. Deadline 8th June. Full details and application portal: bit.ly/43noqb0 SHaPS UCL Psych & Lang Sci [please RT]

Please join us next Thursday the 1st for the final SSF of the year. Emma Holmes will present work on how spatial attention interacts with hearing loss across the lifespan. We’ll be in Chandler House and on Zoom - feel free to DM for link. See also: ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/20…

CLOSING THURSDAY: Funded PhD opportunity in my lab at UCL bit.ly/43noqb0 starting September 2023 SHaPS UCL Psych & Lang Sci

Another opportunity to work with me - *Postdoc position* at UCL (London, UK) researching how central cognitive pathways interact with hearing loss, using 7T MRI. Deadline 23rd June. Full details and application portal: bit.ly/3qpDTJo SHaPS UCL Psych & Lang Sci [please RT]

A belated thank you to all the presenters at the Speech Science Forum this year: thank you for sharing and discussing your research with us! We’ll be back for more SSF updates after the summer. Stay tuned!

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Please join us Tomorrow at 3pm BST for the first SSF of the Academic year! 🤩 Dr Harriet J Smith will present work on the role of voice familiarity in speech-in-speech perception. We’ll be in Chandler House B01 and on Zoom - feel free to DM for link.

How do we make sense of who we are talking to? 🗣️👤 Please join us Tomorrow at 3pm BST for SSF #2 of 24-25! Dr @nadinelavan (QMUL) will present work on forming first impressions from voices. We’ll be in Chandler House B01 and on Zoom - feel free to DM for link.

Check out our new paper: 'Spatial selective auditory attention is preserved in older age but is degraded by peripheral hearing loss' bit.ly/3Uydd54 [see thread: 1/10] SHaPS UCL Psych & Lang Sci UCL Brain Sciences Auditory Cognition Group Scientific Reports RNID Wellcome

Does Portuguese keep /ia/ real or let it glide like other Romance languages? Please join us Tomorrow at 3pm BST for SSF #2 of 24-25! Dr Johanna Cronenberg will present work on Dynamic Analysis of /ia/ in Naturalistic Portuguese. We’ll be in Chandler House B01 and on Zoom!

In today's talk, Jay Marchand Knight will tell us about their work investigating the perception of gendered and racialised voices. Feel free to join us in-person at Chandler House (B01) or on zoom!! More info: ucl.ac.uk/pals/events/20…