Volunteers Wanted for a Research Study of Musical Experience and Language
The Impact of Musical Experience on Learning of Non-native Speech Sounds
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 few short language and music tests and 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 either remotely or in the lab and will be completed in one or two sessions lasting between 1 and 2 hours.
Participants will receive $11 per hour for participation in this study.
Requirements: If interested 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 impairments
(4) Have no history of neurological impairment
If interested, please contact uconnmyerslab@gmail.com and include “Music Study” in the subject line.
This research is conducted under the direction of Dr. Emily Myers, Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences and Psychology.
UConn IRB Protocol H19-005 Approved July 9, 2020
For more information, contact: Language and Brain Lab at uconnmyerslab@uconn.edu