Volunteers are needed to participate in a research study investigating how long-term musical training impacts one’s ability to learn new speech sounds. Participants will need to take a short music ability test and then listen to speech sounds and identify and discriminate between them. Both musicians and non-musicians are needed and encouraged to participate.
The study will take place over two sessions, one on the first day and the next session the following day. Each session will last roughly 60 minutes.
Requirements: If interesting in participating, you must:
(1) Be between 18 and 45 years of age
(2) Be a native speaker of American English
(3) Have no hearing deficit
(4) Have no history of neurological impairment
Participants will receive $10 per hour for participation in research. If interested, please contact brenna.mcnamee@uconn.edu.
This research is conducted under the direction of Dr. Emily Myers, Speech language and Hearing Sciences/Psychology.
This study was approved by the UCONN IRB, Protocol #H19-005
For more information, contact: Brenna McNamee at brenna.mcnamee@uconn.edu