Post-doc position in auditory perception

["Bernhard U. Seeber" <bernhard.seeber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear List,

I am happy to announce the following position:

Post-doc position / Career Development Fellowship - Auditory scene  
analysis with hearing impairment or cochlear implants (Ref: 2007-452),  
Full Time

IHR conducts fundamental and clinical research into hearing and  
hearing disorders. Research programmes include psychoacoustics,  
neurophysiology, functional neuroimaging, event related potentials,  
and applied and clinical applications.

Our recent work showed a disturbance of the precedence effect with  
cochlear implant patients as well as in simulations. This result  
cannot be explained in traditional views of binaural hearing but only  
in the larger scheme of auditory scene analysis. Our recently formed  
new research group in psychophysics aims to elucidate the relationship  
between monaural and binaural auditory scene analysis particularly  
with deprived auditory cues as they occur with hearing impairment or  
cochlear implants. Further research topics will include binaural  
adaptation, loudness perception, and auditory-visual interaction.  
Cutting-edge technology to simulate auditory and visual environments  
in free-field and virtual space with, e.g., access to manipulate  
individual reflections in rooms, will help you develop creative  
experiments in realistic settings. We aim to integrate our approaches  
to study normal hearing and various forms of hearing impairment in  
order to learn from comparisons between those groups.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral fellowship offering a 3 year  
planned period of training and development in the field of auditory  
scene analysis in combination with hearing impairment or cochlear  
implants. The position will utilise our modern test facilities to  
develop psychophysical experiments that help explain binaural auditory  
scene analysis problems with impaired hearing. The postholder will  
work with patients and normal hearing subjects, plan, run, and analyze  
experiments, and be responsible for publishing results in scientific  
journals.

IHR boasts world-leading experts in auditory cognition, speech and  
hearing science, monaural and binaural psychoacoustics, hearing  
impairment and cochlear implants, audio-visual speech perception,  
auditory perceptual learning, auditory neurophysiology and cortical  
plasticity. Our wide range of expertise provides a highly stimulating  
and collaborative working environment. As an IHR scientist, you will  
also have access to excellent in-house technical and computer support.  
Close cooperation with our clinical section will help you learn from  
practical viewpoints and provide access to patients.

Applicants should possess a PhD in one of the following disciplines:  
any aspect of auditory science, physics, engineering, or neuroscience.  
We particularly welcome applications from those who have recently  
completed their PhD training, or are wishing to move into this  
exciting research field from any quantitative discipline. As a  
successful applicant, you will be given every opportunity to establish  
your reputation as a leader in this field. The appointment is  
fixed-term for 3 years and will be to a starting salary in the range  
£24,993 to £26,555. For an informal discussion about this position,  
please contact Dr Bernhard Seeber on 0115 922 3431 (until 03 August:  
+1 510 637 9573) or email bernhard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Further written particulars and an application form (quoting ref  
2007-452) are available:

* Online at: http://www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/vacancies/
* By contacting the Recruitment Team by email:  
nottingham.recruitment@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or by telephone 01793 301312
* By phoning the IHR jobline on 0115 951 8501

Applicants should send a CV and completed application form with a  
letter outlining interest and experience and details of at least two  
referees to be received by 24th August 2007.

Thank you for your interest,

Bernhard Seeber


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