Feda Negesse, Experimental Phonetics and Audiology

Feda Negesse

Experimental Phonetics and Audiology

Addis Ababa University

Location
Ethiopia
Education
Doctorate, Experimental Phonetics
Experience
16 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 Months

Experimental Phonetics and Audiology at Addis Ababa University
  • Ethiopia
  • July 2013 to June 2015

Advise PhD students in experimental phonetics .
Conduct research on speech and voice problems of children and adults .
Work in a lab carrying out speech and voice analysis and synthesis
supervised a team of researchers on noise pollution and speech communication. I teach audiology to Deaf students at Addis Ababa university.

Experimental Phonetics and Audiology at Addis Ababa University
  • Ethiopia
  • July 1999 to July 2013

I took speech samples of children with speech problems and examined their problems with equipment and software and planned intervention. I assessed the impact of the intervention. I also trained audiologists and speech-language pathologists . I planned and executed awareness projects on noise pollution and voice abuse. I also conducted research on speech of students learning English as second or foreign language.

TEFL and Phonetics Instructor at Addis Ababa University
  • Ethiopia
  • June 2000 to June 2013

Did research on speech and voice disorders in children and adults.
Trained speech audiologists and speech language pathologists
Carried out speech and voice synthesis and analysis
provided community services on voice and hearing conservation

Education

Doctorate, Experimental Phonetics
  • at Addis Ababa University
  • August 2013

My research for doctoral project was an acoustic and perceptual experiment investigating the vowel and voice characteristics of prelingually deaf children. The paper was rated very good

Specialties & Skills

Speech Therapy
Audiology
Education
Phonetics
Classroom acoustics
High level research skills in a Lab and speech and hearing clinics
English Langauge Teaching

Languages

English
Expert
Amharic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Webcorpus evaluation (Certificate)
Research methods (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2011
Valid Until:
October 2011