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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Sep 3

, and we hope our current @singwell.bsky.social longitudinal multisite will add clarity ... journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Speech-in-noise, psychosocial, and heart rate variability outcomes of group singing or audiobook club interventions for older adults with unaddressed hearing loss: A SingWell Project multisite, random...

Background Unaddressed age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults, typified by negative consequences for speech-in-noise perception and psychosocial wellbeing. There is promising ...

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Sep 3

The FFR findings contrast a recent multisite (Whiteford et al., 2025) that found no differences b/w musicians & non-musicians. A longitudinal RCT design may provide greater power than cross-sectional.

Speech-in-noise, psychosocial, and heart rate variability outcomes of group singing or audiobook club interventions for older adults with unaddressed hearing loss: A SingWell Project multisite, random...

Background Unaddressed age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults, typified by negative consequences for speech-in-noise perception and psychosocial wellbeing. There is promising ...

journals.plos.org

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Sep 3

Both training groups outperformed controls.
FFR is often viewed as a marker of auditory encoding & fidelity — and our results suggest music-based interventions can enhance it, even in older adults with advanced hearing loss.

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎶 New RCT: Choir singing & music appreciation training improve speech-in-noise + FFRs in older adult hearing aid users.

Findings add evidence that music-based interventions can support listening—contrasting recent cross-sectional nulls. 👉 thieme-connect.com/products/ejo...

Thieme E-Journals - Seminars in Hearing / Abstract

Thieme E-Books & E-Journals

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to Maxime Perron for leading our latest publication on listening effort! 🧠👂 The title hints at a contrarian insight that challenges thinking about the nature of frontal activations observed in older adults under challenging listening conditions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cognitive aging is associated with increased prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity, often interpreted as either a compensatory mechanism or a sign of neura…

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SingWell @singwell.bsky.social · Jul 29

SingWell's @thinkauditory.bsky.social was on BBC
@channel4.bsky.social #SecretsOfTheSuperagers series yesterday, offering a look at how group singing can help aging adults combat #hearingloss🦻

Older adults in his study saw a 10-20% gain in speech understanding after 10wks of choir 🗣️

#healthyaging

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · Jul 25

Bird sounds.

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Jul 23

If you happen to be at #ICMPC18 in SaoPaulo, come visit me at Poster #48 this afternoon to learn more about this study and learn about how to get involved with @singwell.bsky.social

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Jul 23

Paper out Today in Scientific Reports 🥳: In a new study of people with Parkinson’s disease, both yoga and choir improved mood and reduced stress. But only group singing led to stronger feelings of social closeness and a surge in oxytocin
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Comparing the biopsychosocial impact of group singing and yoga activities in older adults living with Parkinson’s disease - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Comparing the biopsychosocial impact of group singing and yoga activities in older adults living with Parkinson’s disease

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Jul 8

Job alert -- the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University is hiring a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Mental Health. Rank = Full Professor. Provides $1M CAD per year for the term (inclusive of salary, benefits, and research expenses). Deadline is August 15, 2025.

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · May 9

New @SingWellProject study alert! 📢 Our paper in @FrontNeuro shows that group singing reduces cortisol and alpha amylase in patients with Parkinson's; In addition, pain threshold increases following singing were related to cortisol.
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · May 8

Our new plate washer in action!

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Mar 19

Congratulations to @karlinave.bsky.social @eehannon.bsky.social @auditoryjoel.bsky.social on advancing this registered report on tagging neural entrainment to beat (and meter) -- an immense amount of work on the part of the organizers and from the many contributing labs made this possible.

Joel Snyder @auditoryjoel.bsky.social · Mar 19

It's got a boring title but this preprint is being submitted for Stage 2 consideration at AMPPS, and is in fact very exciting!

Karli Nave led a group of labs that replicated an influential EEG study on auditory beat perception by Nozaradan et al. (2011).

We found:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Registered Report: Replication and Extension of Nozaradan, Peretz, Missal and Mouraux (2011)

Cognitive neuroscience research has attempted to disentangle stimulus-driven processing from conscious perceptual processing for decades. Some prior evidence for neural processing of perceived musical...

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Mar 18

Please join us 12-1.30 ET this Friday for the SingWell Project's next seminar. Co-hosted with Choral Canada / Canada Choral. This seminar takes us back to our roots, focusing on singing to support hearing in people with #hearingloss. Featuring Ben Zendel and Sina Fallah.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Mar 3

Fascinating paper that is useful to share with undergrads or grads contemplating their next move in academia. Mentees trained in big groups have lower "survival rates" but they do have higher fecundity and citations. arxiv.org/pdf/2208.05304

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Dec 23

Excited to share what should be my lab's last study published in 2024. We found that rhythm perception, pitch perception, and working memory all positively contribute to speech in noise for older adults with hearing loss. https://buff.ly/41Lctht

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Dec 6

Excited to see our Registered Report Protocol published online today. This 7-site study will assess whether group singing supports speech in noise and psychosocial wellbeing in older adults with hearing loss. www.singwell.ca #musicscience #hearing journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Speech-in-noise, psychosocial, and heart rate variability outcomes of group singing or audiobook club interventions for older adults with unaddressed hearing loss: A SingWell Project multisite, random...

Background Unaddressed age-related hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults, typified by negative consequences for speech-in-noise perception and psychosocial wellbeing. There is promising ...

journals.plos.org

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Nov 26

KT/KMb activity last week for World COPD day on the topic of #singing and lung health. www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Ye...

COPD Live 2024

YouTube video by Lung Health Foundation

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Mel Goodale @action-brain.bsky.social · Nov 25

I feel so honored by the publication of this special issue of Neuropsychologia. Thanks so much to my friends and colleagues who put this together. And thanks to all the contributors. There are so many wonderful articles. I can't tell you how delighted I am. 🧪🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The title page of the special issue, which reads "Introduction to the special issue on visual cognition and visuomotor control: A tribute to Mel Goodale" The authors of the Intro are: Jody C. Culham, Gavin Buckingham, Monika Harvey, Irene Sperandio, Ingrid S. Johnsrude

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · Nov 16

bird sounds

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Nov 26

Honoured to be inducted to my Uni's Open Access Hall of Fame today! Grattitude to @DV_PhD who showed me that #OpenScience practices really aren't that hard and the staff @librarytmu for help getting started with our RShare repository @researchTMU @TMUPsych @arts_tmu

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Nov 26

⁦@SingWellProject⁩ Speaker Series, Speaker Series | Ep.1, complete ⁦@researchTMU⁩ @ChoralCanada⁩ ⁦@uturnpd⁩ ⁦@arts_tmu⁩

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Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Nov 26

It's been a real treat working with @SeanAGilmore1. He graduated today and I was there to hood him. 'Deaf gain in da house' @TMUPsych @arts_tmu

Frank Russo @thinkauditory.bsky.social · Nov 26

A randomized control trial to assess the effectiveness of music with auditory beat stimulation for reducing state anxiety in students with trait anxiety

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