Peelle Lab

How does hearing, good or bad, affect our mood? To find out, we are looking for people with all kinds of hearing to complete this 15-minute survey. You will be asked questions about your hearing and your mood. All responses are confidential. Everyone who completes the survey will have the option of entering a drawing for a $50 gift card. Please complete and share with a friend (or on your timeline!).

https://is.gd/hearing_wellness

How do face masks affect communication? Help us understand by completing this 5-minute survey and be entered to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

https://wustl.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0qxxzLuNuvsqomN

This survey is conducted by researchers at Washington University in Saint Louis studying speech and hearing.

We are looking for a broad, diverse sample. Please share this post on your timeline, and if you have a minute, send the link to your friends who aren’t on Facebook.

Face Mask Survey Survey about communication wearing face masks

Can hearing aids help prevent dementia? The answer is: we don't know. But this article reviews some recent evidence about the link between hearing and cognitive ability (and includes quotes from Dr. Peelle)

Can Hearing Aids Help Prevent Dementia? Research suggests that paying more attention to the “invisible disability” of hearing loss might improve our brains.

Dr. Peelle is back from giving talks at Macquarie University in Australia, and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand!

Speech processing in Oceania Dr. Peelle is just back from a weeklong trip to Australia and New Zealand, giving him a chance to talk about speech research on the other side of the world. In Australia, Dr. Peelle spoke at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders--Kanazawa Institute of Technology MEG Workshop ho

There is still a lot we don't know about how changes to hearing and vision relate to cognition, but it's an important area of study! Dr. Peelle is quoted in this article on the topic in the New York Times.

Vision and Hearing Loss Are Tied to Cognitive Decline When the brain struggles to make sense of the world it may be less able to perform other important tasks.

Now out: Listening Effort: How the Cognitive Consequences of Acoustic Challenge Are Reflected in Brain and Behavior

http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/AUD.0000000000000494

Listening Effort: How the Cognitive Consequences of Acoustic Challenge Are Reflected in Brain and Behavior

Now available: A preprint of "Listening effort: How the cognitive consequences of acoustic challenge are reflected in brain and behavior"

https://osf.io/5ep42/

To encourage each other to do better science, my lab has put together a checklist of goals and guidelines for scientific papers.

A manuscript checklist for improving science

Nice NPR story on the National Hearing Test—which you can take on the phone!

Is Everybody Mumbling? Try A Hearing Test You Take On The Phone Testing your hearing is just a phone call away. Doctors hope a cheap, simple at-home test will encourage more people to get their hearing checked, and get help if they need it.

Dr. Peelle is in Finland where he gave a talk at a symposium organized by the PhD program in Brain and Mind, of Aalto University and the University of Helsinki.

B&M Symposium 2015 FGSN - Finnish Graduate School of Neuroscience

Oliver Sacks on the challenges and humor of hearing loss.

Mishearings As my deafness increases, the mistakes that result are a source of both confusion and delight.

Sounds about right.

David Burge on Twitter “Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.”