Consent to participate in research
Project: Bilingual Voice Comparison Study
Principal Investigator: Sylvia Cho, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University
Principal Investigator Email: sylvia_cho@sfu.ca
Faculty Supervisors: Dr. Murray Munro, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University
Funding Source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Insight Development Grant file #R640206
The Research Project
Thank you for your interest in participating in the Bilingual Voice Comparison Study. This study examines the perception of bilingual voices, to further investigate the acoustic parameters that influence voice quality and speaker identification in speech perception. This research study has been approved by Simon Fraser University’s Office of Research Ethics (ORE) [REB#: 20190099].
General Information
Language Background Questionnaire
First, you will complete a background questionnaire, which involves a few demographic questions about your language background, where you have lived, and your age and sex. This information will be used to analyze the patterns in the collected data. The questionnaire will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.Perception Experiment
Next, you will participate perception experiment will ask you to listen to a series of speech sounds. You will be asked to respond to what you hear by selecting a response as shown on the screen. The experiment will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.Inclusion Criteria
Participants must be at least 14 years old.Privacy
Participation is anonymous; you will not be asked for your name or contact information. Your experimental data will be saved and archived on a password-protected online server. Only investigators conducting the experiment will have access to your information. Your data will be presented in de-identified or aggregate form if your data is included in academic presentations and journal articles.Your Participation is Voluntary
You are free to withdraw from this study at any time. Simply close the browser window of your device to stop participating. The investigator will discard data from all incomplete experiments.Questions or Concerns
If you have questions or concerns about your participation in this study, you may contact the Principal Investigator, Sylvia Cho, at sylvia_cho@sfu.ca. If you have questions regarding ethical issues connected with your participation in this research, please contact the SFU Office of Research Ethics (ORE) at dore@sfu.ca or 778-782-6593.
Granting Consent
If you consent to participate in this study according to the above terms, please click on the button labeled "I Agree" to proceed onto the language background questionnaire.
Thank you for your participation!