Volunteers Wanted for a Research Study of Speech and Language
Mapping Speech to Meaning
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.
Requirements: If interested in participating, you must:
1. Be between 18 and 45 years of age
2. Be right handed
3. Be a native speaker of North American English
4. Have no hearing deficit, or only mild hearing loss
5. Have normal or corrected-to normal vision
6. Have no history of neurological impairment.
The study will last approximately 35 minutes per session. Participants may become eligible to participate in multiple research sessions. Participants will receive $10 per hour for participation in research.
If interested, please contact UConnMyersLab@gmail.com
This research is conducted under the direction of Dr. Emily Myers, Speech Language and Hearing Sciences/Psychology.
Approved by UConn IRB. Protocol: H14-001 Approved 2/10/21
For more information, contact: Cristal Giorio at uconnmyerslab@gmail.com