Kirsten Smayda has received an NRSA grant titled, "Training for the Enhancement of Speech-In-Noise Processing Ability in Older Adults" with the award of $39,362 for three years. We will be experimentally testing the effect of group piano lessons on older adults' ability to understand speech in noise and the underlying cognitive and perceptual components. We will use a computer-based cognitive training program as a comparison condition.
Press release of my dissertation research (UT Hearing Training Pilot Study)
Youtube Channel of Classroom Recordings from UT Hearing Training Study