Quentin Summerfield
Professor

Profile

Biography

• Cambridge University
  BA in Natural Sciences (Psychology)
  MA
• Queen's University of Belfast
  PhD in Experimental Psychology
• Yale University
  NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Haskins Laboratories (1975-77)
• Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research 
  Speech and Hearing Scientist (1977-2004)
  Deputy Director (1993-2004)
• University of York 
  Anniversary Professor of Psychology (2004 - 2018)
  Head of Department (2011 – 2017)
  Emeritus Professor (2018 - )

Research

Overview

I have conducted four main types of research: research on the acoustic cues which listeners use to distinguish different phonemes in the English language; research on lipreading and audio-visual speech perception; research on the auditory processes that are used to attend to one source of sound when several sources are present simultaneously; and research on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cochlear implantation. You can find lists of my publications at https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=vw_DZUQAAAAJ&hl=en

Research group(s)

• Perception and Action

Publications

Selected publications

• Summerfield AQ, Lovett RE, Bellenger H, Batten G. Estimates of the Cost-Effectiveness of Pediatric Bilateral Cochlear Implantation. (2010).  Ear and Hearing [Epub ahead of print]
• Stacey PC, Raine CH, O'Donoghue GM, Tapper L, Twomey T, Summerfield AQ. (2010). Effectiveness of computer-based auditory training for adult users of cochlear implants. International Journal of Audiology 49:347-56.
• Kitterick PT, Bailey PJ, Summerfield AQ. (2010). Benefits of knowing who, where, and when in multi-talker listening. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 127: 2498-508.
• Lovett RE, Kitterick PT, Hewitt CE, Summerfield AQ. (2010). Bilateral or unilateral cochlear implantation for deaf children: an observational study. Archives of Diseasde in Childhood 95:107-12.

External activities

Memberships

• Experimental Psychology Society
  Member
• Acoustical Society of America
  Emeritus Member
• Association for Research in Otolaryngology
  Member
• Action on Hearing Loss
  Elected Trustee