Understanding the interplay between speech rate and perception is fundamental to unraveling how listeners decode continuous spoken language. Variations in speech tempo not only influence the ...

Mitterer and McQueen show for the first time that listeners can tune in to an unfamiliar regional accent in a foreign language. Dutch students showed improvements in their ability to recognise ...

The human brain responds to the sounds of both familiar and unfamiliar languages in a similar way, according to research published in Nature. The findings improve our understanding of how speech is ...

We address Speech and Language challenges through one of the strongest concentrations of researchers worldwide, comprising academics from our Natural Language Processing and Speech and Hearing groups ...

Speech and language scientists have known for some time that age impacts speech perception. Neuroscientists have also come to understand how functional brain differences (or how the brain executes ...

The Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology. Undergraduates in Speech Pathology and Audiology study speech and language ...

Apply now for 2026 entry or join us on a discovery afternoon to see where a Sheffield masters could take you. Our programme bridges computer science, machine learning, linguistics and signal ...

As a speech-language therapist you’ll facilitate independence in individuals. You’ll assess children, young people and adults with a variety of communication and swallowing disorders and work with ...