Speech Science Lab
Lead Researcher:
Location:
Speech Science Lab is located on the 2nd floor of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building in Room 2C45. Research assistants and graduate students conduct research in this room when they are not collecting speech-production data elsewhere and is the primary location for speech-perception research. The lab houses a double-walled IAC audiometric test room suitable for speech-perception and psychoacoustics experiments and which is also used for audio speech recording.
Research interests:
Speech production and speech perception.
Current Funded Research:
- Title: “Perception of Spontaneous Speech”
Funding
SSHRC Research Development Fund, Dalhousie University.
Principal Investigators
Michael Kiefte and Terrance M. Nearey (University of Alberta)
Co-Investigators
Benjamin V. Tucker (University of Alberta), Peter F. Assmann (University of Texas), James M. Hillenbrand (Western Michigan University)
The project focuses on the properties of spontaneous speech and how it differs from citation or “laboratory” speech.
Prospective Master’s and PhD students:
We encourage prospective students seeking research supervision to contact us directly to discuss possible topics for research supervision.