RESEARCH STUDY

THE MEMPHIS
SPEECH AND
HEARING CENTER
Speech Perception Assessment Laboratory

4055 North Park Loop

Room 4028
Memphis, TN 38152

Text 901-848-7880 or
email:
mpousson@memphis.edu

RESEARCH STUDY
Analyzing Speech
Production
Capabilities of
Individuals with
Severe Hearing
Loss

About the study:

The Speech Perception Assessment

Laboratory at the Memphis Speech
and Hearing Center and the Institute
for Intelligent Systems at the University
of Memphis is conducting a study
designed to develop and improve
smart biomedical devices and humanmachine interaction.
The investigators:
Lisa Lucks Mendel, Ph.D.
http://www.memphis.edu/csd/
people/lmendel.php
Bonny Banerjee, Ph.D.
http://umwa.memphis.edu/fcv/
viewprofile.php?uuid=bbnerjee

To participate in the study you

should meet the following
criteria:
Age: 8-80 years old
Hearing Loss:
At least a severe sensorineural hearing
loss in both ears with a minimum
three-frequency pure tone average of
70 dB HL.

Location:
Memphis Speech and Hearing
Center
4055 North Park
Loop Rm 4028
Memphis, TN
38152

Who to contact:
Please send inquiries to:

Language:

mpousson@memphis.edu
Be native speakers of some common
dialect of English.
Reading skills:

Text (901) 848-7880

Call (901) 678-5832

Be able to read words and sentences

in order to complete the required tasks.
Speech intelligibility:

Under 16?

Have many speech sounds that are

not produced very clearly.

Children under the age of 16

must have adult supervision to
participate in this study.

Compensation:
Participants will be compensated.