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Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 507367
Division/Organization: Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
Department: Waisman Center
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: WAISMAN CENTER
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: up to $30.00
Job Categories: Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Data Analysis

Department Overview:

 The WISC (Wisconsin Intelligibility, Speech, and Communication) Lab at the Waisman Center is dedicated to the study of communication development in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and speech development of typically developing children.

Anticipated Start Date:

 07/10/24

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 .5-1.5

Schedule:

 Interested participants will be screened for eligibility. If you are interested in participating, please visit our website https://kidspeech.wisc.edu/bilingual-study/ and complete the eligibility survey. If you meet the eligibility criteria, you can schedule an appointment via website link.

The study includes up to 2 sessions at the Waisman Center. The first session may take 45-90 minutes (depending on group eligibility). The second session may take 20-30 minutes.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 up to $30.00

Number of Positions:

 120 participants

Qualifications:

 Participants must:
• be 21-35 years old,
• be bilingual and learned English as a second language OR English monolingual,
• have normal hearing, and
• and no known disabilities

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

(see qualifications/ eligibility criteria above)

Position Summary/Job Duties:

The purpose of the study is to answer the question: what is the effect of bilingualism on speech intelligibility of children and adolescents and listener experience?

Participation includes 1.) listening to short speech clips from children and adolescents then typing what you hear, 2.) answering questions about your listening experience, and 3.) completing questionnaires and standardized tests.

Physical Demands:

Interacting with a computer

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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