Posters, Talks, and Publications

2026

• [poster] Lawrence, E., Eum, J., Hiser, W., Wilson, S., Tamati, T., Magne, C., Nayak, S. (July 2026) Musical Rhythm and speech rhythm in older adults: Exploring links with speech-in-noise (SIN) perception and musical training. Poster presented at the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) Conference, July 22–24, 2026, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

• [honors thesis] Lawrence, E. (May 2026). Prosody perception in older adults: Exploring links with speech-in-noise perception, musical rhythm, and musical training [Honors thesis, Middle Tennessee State University]. JEWLScholar. https://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/8671

• [talk] Lawrence, E. (April 2026)  Rhythms in syllable emphasis: Exploring lexical stress sensitivity in older adults with links to speech-in-noise perception, rhythm skills, and musical training. Spoken paper presented at the Middle Tennessee Psychological Association Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.

• [poster] Lawrence, E., Eum J., Kunnath, A., Hiser, W., Tamati, T., Magne, C., Nayak, S. (April 2026) Musical rhythm discrimination and speech-in-noise recognition in older adults: exploring the role of lexical stress sensitivity. Poster presented at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Richmond, VA.

• [poster] Eum, J., Hiser, W., Kunnath, A., Lawrence, E., Tamati, T., & Nayak, S. (Feb 2026) Music Perception Abilities, Cognition, and Auditory Function in Older Adults. Poster presented at the Annual Scientific and Technology Conference of the American Auditory Society, Scottsdale, Arizona.
  

2025

• [poster] Lawrence, E., Kunnath, A., Hiser, W., Eum, J., Rosenberg, J., Faulkner, B., Sevich, V., Tamati, T., Magne, C., Nayak, S. (September 2025) Characterizing relationships between musical rhythm discrimination, prosody (speech rhythm), and speech-in-noise recognition in older adults. Poster presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.

• [poster] Hiser, W., Eum, J., Kunnath, A., Rosenberg, J., Faulkner, B., Lawrence, E., Sevich, V., Tamati, T., Nayak, S., (April 2025). Investigating the relationship between lifetime musical engagement and speech in noise proficiency in older adults. Poster presented at the 2025 Annual Vanderbilt International Researchers Alliance (VIRAL) Symposium, Nashville, TN. 

• [poster] Eum, J., Rosenberg J., Kunnath, A., Hiser, W., Lawrence, E., Schlicht, G., Tamati, T., Nayak, S., (February 2025). Associations between music engagement and hearing abilities in older adults. Poster presented at the Vanderbilt University Translational Research Forum, Nashville, TN. Also presented at the Vanderbilt Undergraduate Researchers Symposium, Nashville, TN.