Volunteers wanted for a research study on musical training, noise exposure, hearing, and brain function.
We want to understand how noise exposure and musical training affects hearing and brain function as people age. Any individual who is between 18-24 years, or 45-60 years, is a native English speaker and has normal hearing, and is in good medical health is eligible to participate. If you are interested in participating, please complete this survey.
Participants will take part in a two-week study. Participation will include hearing assessments, measures of brain function, and noise exposure assessments. To assess daily noise exposure, participants will wear a small device for 2 weeks that measures exposure to music/noise across daily listening activities and complete a journal on their activities.
Participation will require travel to the Phillips Communication Sciences Building on the Storrs Campus of the University of Connecticut for two testing sessions (each lasting ~ 2-2.5 hours). As compensation for participating in the study, participants will receive up to $250.
The research is conducted through IRB # H22-0060, under the direction of Dr. Erika Skoe of the Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Department.
For more information, contact: the Auditory Brain Research Lab at noisestudy.research@uconn.edu