Auditory Aging

Lab at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest aiming to understand how auditory perception, cognition, and experiences changes as we age.

[Björn Herrmann @bjoherrmann]

Interested in automated scoring of speech recall across languages? Check out this new preprint. https://t.co/XSKPoFmbbM

Possibly helping the hearing sciences to use more naturalistic speech materials to assess comprehension.

[Björn Herrmann @bjoherrmann]

Our @AuditoryAging lab @rotmanresearch is hiring a new postdoc in memory, hearing, and fMRI for projects on naturalistic listening. Come join an amazing research community in Toronto. Please retweet. @AROMWM @SfNtweets @apanhearing @CogNeuroNews. https://t.co/ZRmFORCkem

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

New work from the lab on PsyArXiv. We show that older adults recognize less well modern AI-based speech. This seems to be unrelated to hearing loss, but rather to the processing of prosodic information in speech: https://t.co/8uTOKUY3IA

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

Interested in graduate studies at @uoft and the @rotmanresearch in the hearing and aging space? please get in touch with @bjoherrmann. We are looking for two graduate students, one in the brain health space and one in the social health space. We would love hearing from you!

[Biomedical Engineering @ University of Toronto @bme_uoft]

The Canadian Science Policy Center's Science Meets Parliament program is bridging the gap between scientists and parliamentarians. This program is a game-changer, empowering scientists to actively contribute to evidence-based decision-making: https://t.co/70M2xUILMw @TonyVanBynen

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

New lab work: In this study we show that natural language processing models (from Google and OpenAI) can be used to automate speech-intelligibility scoring. Intelligibility from human and NLP scoring correlate 0.95. Python code is provided.

https://t.co/8lDc1smImh

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

Seeking POSTDOC in auditory cognition & fMRI @AuditoryAging @rotmanresearch: https://t.co/kHZvxlra1T (#hearing #cognition #auditory), please retweet.

@AROMWM @SfNtweets @apanhearing
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[Frank R. Lin, MD PhD @DrFrankRLin]

I think it's pretty cool when hearing aids get mentioned in a #SOTU address: "Millions of Americans can now save thousands of dollars because they can finally get hearing aids over-the-counter without a prescription." Hear, hear!!

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

New lab work ready https://t.co/UgKDqIxdQi with @mecui22 & @bjoherrmann

We show that eye movements decrease during effortful listening. We demonstrate this for sentences and spoken stories as well as under different visual conditions (fixation, free viewing, object tracking).

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

Newest lab work: Exploring whether modern AI-based synthesized speech may be useful for hearing research; common speech-in-noise perception phenomena are similar for AI vs human speech; and older adults notice substantially less the presence of AI speech.
https://t.co/2h8eE0Dpgd

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

We are happy to see this one explore the world. We find age-related changes in alpha oscillatory activity during dynamic attention in time under listening challenges (with @MollyJHenry, @burkhardmaess, @jonasobleser, @ingridjohnsrude).

https://t.co/H1aXDhE3sR

[Björn Herrmann @bjoherrmann]

Job alert! Join @rotmanresearch in Toronto, Canada, as the new executive director:

https://t.co/mbrJiABT0U

We are a great team of scientists + amazing opportunities at the RRI to push forward research on the aging brain. Feel free to get in touch for more infos.

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

Awesome news from the Auditory Aging team. Our @CopelliFran was awarded a 2022 CGS-M Canadian Graduate Scholarship award from @CIHR_IRSC to work on neural markers of naturalistic speech. Thanks also to @rotmanresearch @UofT. We are look forward to seeing results of this research.

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

Dip-listening (masking release) is often reduced in older adults. We find this is the case only for disconnected sentences. Older adults benefit as much from dip-listening when listening to engaging stories. To appear in Sci Rep (V.Irsik @ingridjohnsrude): https://t.co/i87l6GkUJ3

[Rotman Research @rotmanresearch]

Just one week to go until the #RotmanConf! Don't miss this chance to learn about the latest breakthroughs in Sensory & Cognitive Interactions in the Aging Brain.
Registration & details: https://t.co/1mdophElZg

[Rotman Research @rotmanresearch]

Registration is OPEN for the 2022 Rotman Research Institute Virtual Conference on March 21 & 22!
Don’t miss out! Due date for poster abstracts is February 14 & early bird registration deadline is March 1.
Details: https://t.co/7vz0W17fB7

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

We are looking for a postdoc with qualitative research skills. One week left until deadline (25th). If you know someone who could be interested, please forward.

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

Postdoc call now official: focus on listening experiences in people with late-life vision impairment (@rotmanresearch also with @Amanda__Grenier:

https://t.co/eS5G0lKEFW

Qualitative research; community engagement. May also hire a #graduate student in this area. Get in touch.

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

One more week until deadline for postdoc in aud cog neuro.

[Auditory Aging @AuditoryAging]

The Auditory Aging lab @rotmanresearch is seeking a postdoc with focus on auditory cognitive neuroscience (#hearing #cognition #auditory). @AROMWM, @SfNtweets, @apanhearing and others, please spread the word if you know someone who may be interested:

https://t.co/wqXlNVmoBG