Ewen MacDonald, University of Waterloo

Research

hearing assistive devices hearing loss and speech communication listening effort timing of turn taking

Latest funding

Timing of turn taking in conversation to assess listening effort and evaluate hearing-aid processing
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$112,000

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Timing of turn taking in conversation to assess listening effort and evaluate hearing-aid processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Ewen

Keywords: hearing loss and speech communication; listening effort; timing of turn taking; hearing assistive devices

$112,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: hearing assistive devices Dear Professor MacDonald, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on hearing assistive devices connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Timing of turn taking in conversation to assess listening effort and evaluate hearing-aid processing" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]