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  • Enrolling Participants: Speech & Language Study

    Volunteers Wanted for a Research Study of Speech and Language

    Volunteers are needed to participate in research study investigating how listeners hear speech sounds. Participants will listen to speech sounds and make decisions about them, and may also view pictures or text along with the speech sounds. We may also use an eye tracker to monitor where your eyes look on a computer screen as you perform language tasks. The study will last between 90 and 120 minutes per session and will take place over up to six sessions. Participants may become eligible to participate in multiple research sessions.

    Requirements:  If interested in participating, you must:

    1. Be 50 years of age or older

    2. Be a native speaker of North American English

    3. Have no hearing deficit, or only mild hearing loss

    4. Have no history of neurological impairment or speech or language disorder. 

    Participants will receive $30 per hour for participation in research. If interested, please contact UConnMyersLab@gmail.com, or call (860)-486-0931. 

     

    This research is conducted under the direction of Dr. Emily Myers, Speech Language and Hearing Sciences/Psychology.

    This study was approved by the IRB, Protocol #H21-0046.
    For more information, contact: Hannah Olson at uconnmyerslab@gmail.com