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Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences

The Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences Research Department was established in January 2008 as part of the major restructuring of the Faculty of Life Sciences at UCL. It includes academic staff from the former Department of Phonetics and Linguistics and Department of Human Communication Science.

Our Research

The Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences department is internationally recognised for the excellence of its research into the perception and production of speech. The department combines basic research into the normal mechanisms of speech communication and hearing with applied research into problems caused by hearing impairment and by atypical perceptual and cognitive development. Our methodologies include behavioural experimentation, computational modelling, acoustic analysis and neuro-imaging. Read more ...

We are a multi-disciplinary research unit and collaborate with researchers within the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, at the Ear Institute and beyond.

See our Projects List for more details, or browse all research activities in language sciences at UCL.

We also run a PhD programme for graduate research students.

Upcoming Events

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Main Contacts

RolePersonEMail
Head of Research Department Andy Faulkner a.faulkner@ucl.ac.uk
Graduate Tutor Paul Iverson p.iverson@ucl.ac.uk
MA Phonetics Tutor Michael Ashby m.ashby@ucl.ac.uk
MSc Speech & Hearing Sciences Tutor Mark Huckvale m.huckvale@ucl.ac.uk
MRes Speech, Language & Cognition Tutor Bronwen Evans bronwen.evans@ucl.ac.uk

See our staff & student list for a complete list of people in the department.

Some Popular Pages

All things Phonetic in John Wells' blog Phonetic fonts and keyboards Software for speech recording, analysis & display.

Graduate Teaching

We are recruiting now for these programmes:

MA Phonetics

 The MA Phonetics is a one-year graduate-level taught programme that provides a specialisation in Phonetics for students with a first degree in languages or linguistics. More details ...

MSc Speech and Hearing Sciences

 The MSc in Speech and Hearing Sciences is a one-year graduate-level taught programme that provides research training in the science of normal speech and hearing. More details ...

MRes Speech, Langugage & Cognition

 The MRes in Speech, Language & cognition is a one-year graduate-level taught programme that provides tailored training for students with a first degree in linguistics, speech science, psychology or related disciplines wishing to undertake future PhD research. More details ...

Summer Course in English Phonetics

Come and spend two weeks in London this summer, studying English Phonetics at University College London. More details ...