Research output per year
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Dr
B2.8 Ellen Wilkinson Building, Oxford Road, University of Manchester
M13 9PL Manchester
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Optimising the measurement of working memory for assessment of speech-in-noise perception
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/optimising-the-measurement-of-working-memory-for-assessment-of-speech-in-noise-perception/?p147312
Current roles:
Academic
Current funding:
2021-2026 Medical Research Council (£1.8M). Understanding the consequences of recreational noise exposure. Co-Investigator (with C. Plack, K. Kluk-de Kort, K. Munro, G. Prendergast, S. Roberts).
2020-2023 Alzheimer's Society PhD Studentship (£84,965). Improving Quality of Life through addressing communication needs for people in residential care living with dementia. Primary Supervisor (with C. A. Armitage, P. Dawes and I. Leroi).
2022-2027 National Institute for Health Research Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (Hearing Health) (£6M). Co-Investigator. Programme Lead for "Diagnosis: Disease Clusters".
My research interests include many aspects of auditory perception and cognition. My published work has used a combination of psychoacoustics and cognitive neuroscience to contribute to our understanding of how our brains respond to sounds that provide important cues for human communication. I am particularly interested in the effects of ageing and hearing loss on the auditory brain.
Postdoctoral Research Associate:
Project: 'Estimating the prevalence of hearing loss in people with dementia: A feasibility study'. Funded by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) (2023-2025).
PhD students:
Topic: "The irrelevant speech effect"
email: yupeng.wu@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Co-supervised with Karolina Kluk-de Kort (Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness) and Josef Schlittenlacher (Speech Hearing and Phoentics Science, UCL)
D. Clin. Sci. students (Higher Specialist Scientist Training scheme):
Topic: "Parental and Professional Experiences of Current Newborn Hearing Screening Procedures – A Qualitative study"
email: joanne.hollingworth-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Co-supervised with Kai Uus (Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness) and Siobhan Brennan (Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness).
Topic: "The impact of cochlear implant electrode deactivation on hearing outcomes and listening effort"
email: william.brassington-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Co-supervised with Kevin Munro (Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness).
Completed
Topic: “Understanding listening effort: Effects of motivation, listening demands and inter-individual differences”.
Awarded PhD in 2022.
Topic: “Effects of intrinsic and imposed modulation masking on speech perception”.
Awarded PhD in 2023.
Topic: “Improving Quality of Life through addressing communication needs for people in residential care living with dementia”
Awarded PhD in 2023.
Module Lead
HCDI 38880 Audiology Research Project
In this full year module, students design a clinical research project that addresses a gap in the evidence-base, is viable and appropriate for research ethics approval and external grant funding. The project gives students the opportunity to focus on a clinical question which particularly interests them, and to develop a research protocol capable of answering that question. It is also an opportunity to show that the student can plan research that would be of value to the NHS, is ethically sound and likely to attract funding from external funding bodies. Students conduct a literature review of their chosen research area and develop their research idea into a full research protocol.
HCDI 11601 Introduction to Psychology and Lifespan Development
This module provides a general introduction to research and theory in major areas of cognitive psychology. The students evaluate the influence of development and aging on cognitive psychology. The students learn about applications of cognitive psychology in audiological practice and management.
Lecturer & Assessment
PSYC 60600 MRes Dissertation Research Skills
Supervision of MSc dissertation
PSYC 61616 MSc Audiology
PSYC 64030 MSc Clinical Sciences
Assessment
HCDI 10000 Professional Studies I
HCDI 10080 Clinical Placement and Practical Skills I
HCDI 39990 Clinical Placement and Practical Skills III
PSYC 60170 Research Methods and Statistics
Doctor of Philosophy, Newcastle University
British Society of Audiology Special Interest Group on Cognition in Hearing
2016 → …
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Working paper
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Plack, C., Kluk-De Kort, K., Millman, R., Munro, K., Prendergast, G., Roberts, S. & Guest, H.
1/04/21 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
Munro, K., Millman, R., Lamb, W., Dawes, P., Plack, C., Stone, M., Kluk-De Kort, K., Moore, D., Morton, C., Prendergast, G., Couth, S., Schlittenlacher, J., Chilton, H., Visram, A., Dillon, H., Guest, H., Heinrich, A., Jackson, I., Littlejohn, J., Jones, L., Lough, M., Morgan, R., Perugia, E., Roughley, A., Whiston, H., Wright, C., Saunders, G., Kelly, C., Cross, H., Loughran, M. & Hoseinabadi, R.
Project: Research
Dawes, P., Leroi, I. & Millman, R.
1/09/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
Munro, K., Arden Armitage, C., Bruce, I., Buchan, I., Conti-Ramsden, G., Dawes, P., Evans, D., Gaydecki, P., Kluk-De Kort, K., Lambon Ralph, M., Millman, R., Moore, D., Morton, C., Newman, W., Plack, C., Smith, J., Stone, M., Vijayaraghavan, A., Whetton, A. & Young, A.
1/04/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
Plack, C., Kluk-De Kort, K., Millman, R. & Munro, K.
1/09/13 → 31/01/19
Project: Research
Millman, Rebecca (Recipient), 18 Dec 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Hannah Cross (Other), Rebecca Millman (Other), Christopher Arden Armitage (Other), Piers Dawes (Other) & Iracema Leroi (Other)
Activity: Internal positions, career professional development and other › Other › Research
Rebecca Millman (Assistant editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
Rebecca Millman (Academic expert member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of professional association › Research