Subject: Re: Visualization of the neck during horn playing From: Chuping Liu <tracy_liu_99@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:46:57 -0700Dr. Miller, Rapid MRI might work. You might also want to check up the link for some samples. http://sail.usc.edu/span/index.php chuping "Everyone deserves a chance to fly." --Wicked The Musical ----- Original Message ---- From: AUDITORY automatic digest system <LISTSERV@xxxxxxxx> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:07:14 PM Subject: AUDITORY Digest - 16 Oct 2006 to 17 Oct 2006 (#2006-229) There are 8 messages totalling 417 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Research positions in computational music performance research 2. Intelligibility tests in Spanish 3. Visualization of the neck during horn playing 4. 2 lectureships in Audiology at Aston University, Birmingham 5. auditory environmental ID test (3) 6. New CASA book and promotion ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:46:06 +0200 From: Gerhard Widmer <gerhard.widmer@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Research positions in computational music performance research (This announcement can also be found on the Web: www.cp.jku.at/research/projects/P19349-N15/job_announcement_2006.html ) PRE- and POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS in MACHINE LEARNING / PATTERN RECOGNITION AND MUSIC at the Department of Computational Perception, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria www.cp.jku.at We are pleased to announce several open pre- and post-doctoral research positions at the Department of Computational Perception of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. We are looking for scientists to work in a three-year research project entitled "Computational Performance Style Analysis from Audio Recordings" A short description of the project can be found at www.cp.jku.at/research/projects/P19349-N15/project.html For this strongly interdisciplinary project, we are looking for creative and motivated pre- or post-doctoral researchers with a strong background (and a completed degree) in * machine learning / pattern recognition / general AI * or (audio) signal processing and pattern analysis * or systematic or cognitive musicology or a related field Preference will be given to candidates who combine expertise in both music and computing and who already have a record of interdisciplinary research involving one or more of the above fields. Equally important (though not easily measurable) are creativity and the ability and motivation to contribute innovative ideas to an exciting research project; the researchers will be given a lot of freedom in defining and and pursuing their research and thus shaping the project. The salary will be in the area of EUR 41.000,- per year (before taxes) for PostDocs and EUR 24.000,- for pre-doctoral researchers. Pre-Docs will have the opportunity to enrol in a PhD program in computer science at the University of Linz. The positions are open for a period of three years. Please send your application (with CV, publications list, one or two substantial and pertinent publications, and any other material you consider interesting (e.g., photographs, link to home page, etc.) via e-mail to gerhard <add_a_dot> widmer <add_an_at_sign> jku <add_a_dot> at If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the project leader: Prof. Gerhard Widmer Department of Computational Perception Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenberger Strasse 69 A-4040 Linz Austria Phone: +43 - 732 - 24681510 WWW: www.cp.jku.at/people/widmer ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:36:29 -0400 From: "James D. Miller" <jamdmill@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Intelligibility tests in Spanish Dear List, I need lists or recording of lists of Spanish words that can be used to measure speech discrimination a la W22, PB word lists for English. I assume that such lists would have to include polysyllabic words because of the paucity of monosyllabic words in Spanish. Hopefully such lists would be constructed, or proven, to represent Spanish phonetics and would be constructed, or proven, to have equivalent forms for testing the same listeners under different conditions. Any leads to lists of Spanish words for intelligibility testing with some kind of rationale or documentation would be much appreciated. Jim Miller -- James D. Miller, Ph.D. Principal Scientist Communication Disorders Technology, Inc. Indiana University Research Park 501 N. Morton Street Suite 215 Bloomington, IN 47404 Business Phone: (812)336-1766 Cingular Cell Phone: (812)360-0612 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:43:29 -0400 From: "James D. Miller" <jamdmill@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Visualization of the neck during horn playing Dear List, I have student, from the IU School of Music, who wishes to visualize structures in the larynx, vocal folds and supra-glottal larynx, and in the pharynx during horn playing. This is to test hypotheses about the role of the larynx and pharynx in horn playing. The ideal solution would allow visualization of the relvant structures without compromising the horn playing performance. Suggestions and compromise suggestions most welcome. Jim Miller -- James D. Miller, Ph.D. Principal Scientist Communication Disorders Technology, Inc. Indiana University Research Park 501 N. Morton Street Suite 215 Bloomington, IN 47404 Business Phone: (812)336-1766 Cingular Cell Phone: (812)360-0612 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:07:24 +0100 From: Marina Rose <rosemm@xxxxxxxx> Subject: 2 lectureships in Audiology at Aston University, Birmingham Dear list members, please feel free to pass this advert on to other interested parties /=20 lists for further distribution - the closing date for applications is=20 the *31 October 2006*. thanks! Marina Rose -------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------- SCHOOL OF LIFE & HEALTH SCIENCES Aston University, Birmingham, U.K. Ref No. A06/194/98 Lecturer =A326,402 to =A338,772 (exceptionally to =A342,367) pa Senior Lecturer =A339,935 to =A346,295 (exceptionally to =A350,589)= pa The School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University is seeking an=20 enthusiastic audiologist/auditory scientist to take up the position of=20 Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Audiology. Aston University offers both undergraduate and post-graduate programmes=20 in audiology and related fields and aims to be a centre of excellence=20 for audiology teaching and research. Current auditory research at Aston=20 is wide-ranging and includes cochlear implants, auditory scene analysis,=20 binaural hearing, and speech perception, using a range of techniques=20 including psychophysics and neuroimaging. A new clinical audiology=20 research centre will become operational in 2006/7, and this centre will=20 support research into improved patient outcomes in audiology, as well as=20 supporting our taught programmes in audiology. The successful applicant will provide leadership in the development and=20 delivery of educational programmes in audiology (Senior Lecturer), or=20 have the potential and motivation to develop those leadership skills=20 (Lecturer) and will bring or develop a supportive research programme.=20 This position offers a unique opportunity to work within a=20 highly-motivated and successful multidisciplinary research team at an=20 internationally competitive level. Applicants must have clinical qualifications in audiology and a PhD in=20 hearing or balance science or a cognate area. The successful applicant=20 will be a highly-motivated teacher and researcher and will be a good=20 communicator and team player, as well as having a track record of=20 successful leadership. Please see further particulars and application forms at=20 http://www.aston.ac.uk/staff/hr/recruitment/academicresearch/A06194-adver= t.jsp=20 *For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Colette McKay (email:=20 c.m.mckay@xxxxxxxx <mailto:c.m.mckay@xxxxxxxx>). * Closing date for applications: *31 October 2006 --- Marina Rose, PhD Lecturer in Audiology School of Life and Health Sciences Aston University Birmingham, U.K. * * * ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:10:39 -0400 From: Robert Zatorre <robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx> Subject: auditory environmental ID test Dear list A colleague of mine is looking for a multiple-choice auditory environmental identification/recognition test. Does anyone know if such a test already exists? The idea would be quite simple: subjects hear a target sound, and have to choose from a list of, say 4 items, what might have made the sound. I suspect many people may have created versions of something like this, but I don't know if anyone has published a formal version of it, with norms, etc. If anyone knows of anything like that, please let me know. Many thanks Robert -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D. Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University St. Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2B4 phone: 1-514-398-8903 fax: 1-514-398-1338 e-mail: robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx web site: www.zlab.mcgill.ca ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:25:00 -0400 From: DeLiang Wang <dwang@xxxxxxxx> Subject: New CASA book and promotion Dear List, We are pleased to announce that Computational Auditory Scene Analysis: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications, has just been published by Wiley jointly with IEEE Press. This 10-chapter book is edited by DeLiang Wang and Guy Brown and provides a coherent, comprehensive, and up-to-date introduction to the emerging field of computational auditory scene analysis. We have negotiated with the publisher to provide a 20% new book discount until January 31, 2007. The hardback is priced at $89.95, and with the discount the price comes down to $71.96. The discount is available through Wiley's website at www.wiley.com/ieee. The promotion code is 'CASA1'. If you have problems obtaining the promotion price please contact Maria Corpuz at 'mcorpuz@xxxxxxxx' (phone: 201-748-7668). We have also created a companion website for the book at http://www.casabook.org This evolving website contains CASA resources including sound demos, evaluation corpora, and program code. We hope you enjoy the book. DeLiang Wang, Ohio State University Guy Brown, University of Sheffield ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:07:45 -0700 From: Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: auditory environmental ID test Hi Robert, There is such a test, the Familiar Sounds Recognition Test, part of the Test of Basic Auditory Abilities, developed at Indiana University by Chuck Watson, Gary Kidd and myself. It tests the identification of 25 common environmental sounds at six different S/N in a 3AFC format. It has been run on over 300 people so norms are available and it has been shown to have good reliability. Contact Chuck at watson@xxxxxxxx or Gary at kidd@xxxxxxxx for a copy of the materials. The results have been written up and submitted for review. Brian Gygi East Bay Institute for Research and Education Martinez, CA Robert Zatorre wrote: > Dear list > > A colleague of mine is looking for a multiple-choice auditory > environmental identification/recognition test. Does anyone know if > such a test already exists? The idea would be quite simple: subjects > hear a target sound, and have to choose from a list of, say 4 items, > what might have made the sound. I suspect many people may have created > versions of something like this, but I don't know if anyone has > published a formal version of it, with norms, etc. > > If anyone knows of anything like that, please let me know. > > Many thanks > > Robert ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:18:34 -0500 From: Valeriy Shafiro <Valeriy_Shafiro@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: auditory environmental ID test Robert, In addition to the test that Brian mentioned, he and I reviewed some of the resources for this type of test in another article. It is available from this site http://www.rushu.rush.edu/cds/arl/Publications/BAR112.pdf Best, Valeriy ------------------------------------------------------------- Valeriy Shafiro Communication Disorders and Sciences Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL office (312) 942 - 3298 lab (312) 942 - 3316 email: valeriy_shafiro@xxxxxxxx -----AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> wrote: ----- To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx From: Robert Zatorre <robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Date: 10/17/2006 01:10PM Subject: auditory environmental ID test Dear list A colleague of mine is looking for a multiple-choice auditory environmental identification/recognition test. Does anyone know if such a test already exists? The idea would be quite simple: subjects hear a target sound, and have to choose from a list of, say 4 items, what might have made the sound. I suspect many people may have created versions of something like this, but I don't know if anyone has published a formal version of it, with norms, etc. If anyone knows of anything like that, please let me know. Many thanks Robert -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D. Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University St. Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2B4 phone: 1-514-398-8903 fax: 1-514-398-1338 e-mail: robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx web site: www.zlab.mcgill.ca ------------------------------ End of AUDITORY Digest - 16 Oct 2006 to 17 Oct 2006 (#2006-229) ***************************************************************