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Voice perception research using a robot

14 June 2017

Deniz Başkent, professor of Auditive Perception (UMCG/UG) was recently awarded a major Vici grant by NWO to conduct research on the effects of hearing damage. She studies the importance of voice perception in communication for people with a hearing impairment. Başkent uses a robot when conducting research on children.

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