希腊马其顿大学招聘失聪儿童语言处理方向博士后

2014年08月20日

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摘要：

The Research Group on hearing impairment and cochlear implants (Department of ducational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia) is seeking to fill the position of an Early Stage Researcher (ESR). This full-time position is available for 3 years. The aim of the ESR is to investigate the phono-prosodic cues that underlie the processing of spoken words by profoundly hearing impaired children with cochlear implants (CI).

Description

Objectives: • Assess the role of speech signal cues on lexical processing by CI children • Investigate the acquisition of phonological grammar by CI children in two languages, Greek and another language. • Develop hierarchies of phono-prosodic cues that facilitate lexical processing • Develop e-learning/remote rehabilitation tools for clinical practice and/or parent guidance. Tasks and methodology: • Psycholinguistic experiments that involve presentation of controlled speech stimuli, computerized, forced-choice tasks, reaction times and elicited productions. • Obtaining accuracy ratings and performing acoustic analysis of speech via spectrography. • Conducting speech and language assessments in young children with CI, working with them in sound-attenuated rooms, making audio recordings. • Programming and carrying out computerized tasks. The research group on hearing impairment and cochlear implants is located at the Dept. of Educational and Social Policy of the University of Macedonia which works in collaboration with the AHEPA Cochlear Implant Center as well as other local educational, speech pathology and parental organizations in Greece. It focuses on assessing and optimizing communication skills and also fostering educational success for children with hearing loss and/or cochlear implants. Researchers have access to audiological and speech state-of-the art equipment (nasometer, palatometer, OAE systems, etc) and work in a scientifically focused and welcoming multidisciplinary environment. The doctoral students are enrolled in the Graduate Program of the Dept. of Educational and Social Policy. We are seeking for candidates with: • A university Master degree (or equivalent) in Communication Disorders, Hearing Impairment, Speech Science or Hearing Science. • Scientific background in the study of speech, acoustics and phonology • A vested interest in hearing-impaired children and multi-disciplinary international team work, demonstrated by willingness to move to Salonika, Greece. • Familiarity with research tools, such as PRAAT, E-Prime or other computerized software for designing psycholinguistic tasks. • Technical competence for data analysis (Excell, SPSS, Statistica, etc.). • Excellent command of English language, both in academic writing and in verbal communication. Knowledge of Greek is recommended. • Research experience in any of the above fields and clinical or other experience in working with children is desirable.

Benefits

The regular benefits of the Greek Universities apply.

Additional Job Details

To apply, please send your CV, full contact information for two references and letter of intent to Prof. Areti Okalidou. Make sure that you obtain a confirmation response upon their receipt. Other documents such as English language proficiency and recommendations may be requested to be available later on. The project is part of a multi-partner Marie-Curie ITN project, iCARE (Improving Children's Auditory Rehabilitation), ITN-PEOPLE-2013-ITN-607139. The objectives of improving Children’s Auditory REhabilitation (iCARE) are: - to provide training to create a new generation of researchers capable of exploiting the synergies between different disciplines to optimize spoken communication in children with hearing impairment, - to combine research across disciplines to develop novel methods, training skills and procedures for improving auditory rehabilitation. iCARE is an international and interdisciplinary consortium from academia, industry and socio‐economic agencies and offers a choice of 11 PhD and 3 postdoc positions, starting June or July 2014. Each project is supervised by a multidisciplinary team of experts and will benefit from extensive training. A secondment to the project's industrial associate partners is part of the job description. The candidate will actively participate in the consortiums training activities and symposia/schools. For further details on the project: see www.icareitn.eu. Eligibility criteria for Early Stage Researchers (ESR): You have at the time of recruitment less than 4 years of research experience, and you are without a doctoral degree. Eligibility criteria for Experienced Researchers (ER): At the time of recruitment you are in possession of a doctoral degree or you have at least 4 years of research experience. Mobility criteria for all fellows (ESR and ER): The researcher must not have resided, worked or studied in the country of their host organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years prior to the time of recruitment. Compulsory national service and/or short stays are not taken into account. Special rules apply for international (European interest) organizations.

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