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Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research: The clarity speech corpus (2022)
Journal Article
Graetzer, S., Akeroyd, M. A., Barker, J., Cox, T. J., Culling, J. F., Naylor, G., …Viveros-Muñoz, R. (2022). Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research: The clarity speech corpus. Data in Brief, 41, Article 107951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.107951

This paper presents the Clarity Speech Corpus, a publicly available, forty speaker British English speech dataset. The corpus was created for the purpose of running listening tests to gauge speech intelligibility and quality in the Clarity Project, w... Read More about Dataset of British English speech recordings for psychoacoustics and speech processing research: The clarity speech corpus.

Tinnitus prevalence in Europe: a multi-country cross-sectional population study (2021)
Journal Article
Biswas, R., Lugo, A., Akeroyd, M., Schlee, W., Gallus, S., & Hall, D. (2022). Tinnitus prevalence in Europe: a multi-country cross-sectional population study. Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 12, Article 100250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100250

Background Tinnitus prevalence studies report large variability across countries that might be due to inconsistent research methods. Our study aimed to report a single Pan-European estimate for tinnitus prevalence and investigate the effect of indiv... Read More about Tinnitus prevalence in Europe: a multi-country cross-sectional population study.

Multiple spatial reference frames underpin perceptual recalibration to audio-visual discrepancies (2021)
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Watson, D. M., Akeroyd, M. A., Roach, N. W., & Webb, B. S. (2021). Multiple spatial reference frames underpin perceptual recalibration to audio-visual discrepancies. PLoS ONE, 16(5), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251827

In dynamic multisensory environments, the perceptual system corrects for discrepancies arising between modalities. For instance, in the ventriloquism aftereffect (VAE), spatial disparities introduced between visual and auditory stimuli lead to a perc... Read More about Multiple spatial reference frames underpin perceptual recalibration to audio-visual discrepancies.

A set of equations for numerically calculating the interaural level difference in the horizontal plane (2021)
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Akeroyd, M. A., Firth, J., Graetzer, S., & Smith, S. (2021). A set of equations for numerically calculating the interaural level difference in the horizontal plane. JASA Express Letters, 1(4), Article 044402. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0004261

The variation of interaural level difference (ILD) with direction and frequency is particularly complex and convoluted. The purpose of this work was to determine a set of parametric equations that can be used to calculate ILDs continuously at any val... Read More about A set of equations for numerically calculating the interaural level difference in the horizontal plane.

Associations Between Hearing and Cognitive Abilities From Childhood to Middle Age: The National Child Development Study 1958 (2021)
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Okely, J. A., Akeroyd, M. A., & Deary, I. J. (2021). Associations Between Hearing and Cognitive Abilities From Childhood to Middle Age: The National Child Development Study 1958. Trends in Hearing, 25, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165211053707

Previous cross-sectional findings indicate that hearing and cognitive abilities are positively correlated in childhood, adulthood, and older age. We used an unusually valuable longitudinal dataset from a single-year birth cohort study, the National C... Read More about Associations Between Hearing and Cognitive Abilities From Childhood to Middle Age: The National Child Development Study 1958.

Associations Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (2020)
Journal Article
Clarke, N. A., Henshaw, H., Akeroyd, M. A., Adams, B., & Hoare, D. J. (2020). Associations Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses. Trends in Hearing, 24, Article 233121652091841. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216520918416

Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of a corresponding external sound source, and bothersome tinnitus has been linked to poorer cognitive performance. This review comprehensively quantifies the association between tinnitus and differen... Read More about Associations Between Subjective Tinnitus and Cognitive Performance: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.

Longitudinal associations between hearing loss and general cognitive ability: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (2019)
Journal Article
Okely, J. A., Akeroyd, M. A., Allerhand, M., Starr, J. M., & Deary, I. J. (2019). Longitudinal associations between hearing loss and general cognitive ability: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Psychology and Aging, 34(6), 766-779. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000385

Hearing impairment is associated with poorer cognitive function in later life. We tested for the potential contribution of childhood cognitive ability to this relationship. Childhood cognitive ability is strongly related to cognitive function in olde... Read More about Longitudinal associations between hearing loss and general cognitive ability: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936.

Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
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Clarke, N. A., Akeroyd, M. A., Henshaw, H., & Hoare, D. J. (2018). Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 8(8), Article e023700. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023700

Introduction Subjective tinnitus is very common and has a number of comorbid associations including depression, sleep disturbance and concentration difficulties. Concentration difficulties may be observable in people with tinnitus through poorer... Read More about Association between subjective tinnitus and cognitive performance: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

A data-driven synthesis of research evidence for domains of hearing loss, as reported by adults with hearing loss and their communication partners (2017)
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Vas, V., Akeroyd, M. A., & Hall, D. A. (in press). A data-driven synthesis of research evidence for domains of hearing loss, as reported by adults with hearing loss and their communication partners. Trends in Hearing, 21, https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216517734088

A number of assessment tools exist to evaluate the impact of hearing loss, with little consensus among researchers as to either preference or psychometric adequacy. The item content of hearing loss assessment tools should seek to capture the impact o... Read More about A data-driven synthesis of research evidence for domains of hearing loss, as reported by adults with hearing loss and their communication partners.

Auditory compensation for head rotation is incomplete (2016)
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Freeman, T., Culling, J., Akeroyd, M. A., & Brimijoin, W. O. (in press). Auditory compensation for head rotation is incomplete. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 43(2), https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000321

Hearing is confronted by a similar problem to vision when the observer moves. The image motion that is created remains ambiguous until the observer knows the velocity of eye and/or head. One way the visual system solves this problem is to use motor c... Read More about Auditory compensation for head rotation is incomplete.