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Maryland language scientists are used to the idea of interdisciplinary collaboration - but rarely sit down to discuss language science with psychoanalysts and children’s book authors. At the end of April, Colin Phillips did just that as part of a prestigious roundtable on 'The Mind of a Child' at the Helix Center for Interdisciplinary Investigation in New York.
How do listeners use their two ears to better understand speech in noisy environments, or to locate the source of a sound in the space around them? How are these processes different for people with two cochlear implants rather than normal hearing? These are just some of the questions that occupy Matt Goupell, Assistant Professor in Hearing and Speech Sciences and director of the Auditory Perception and Modeling Lab.
Maryland hosted 80 students of linguistics, philosophy, and computer science from all parts of the world at the 6th NASSLLI.
The powerful tool called Hi-LAB is a test that could tell you how good you can ultimately get in any foreign language before learning it.
The new PULSAR program seeks to spread the language science action by bringing together undergraduate students from diverse fields.
Tess Wood has joined the Language Science Center as Assistant Director. She will play a central role in all aspects of LSC’s activities, including research and grants development, establishing new programs, and external relations.
Rochelle Newman has agreed to serve as Associate Director of the Maryland Language Science Center.
Bob Ramsey has visited South Korea to receive The Medal of the Order of Cultural Merit from the Prime Minister.
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