Carroll, Rebecca, Dr.

Research Interests

• Speech processing
• Adverse listening conditions
• Psychoprosody
• Cognition in language processing

Projects

• Non-native and multilingual speech processing
• Speech processing in hearing impaired and deaf (cochlear-implanted) listeners

Teaching

• Introduction to English Linguistics I
• Psycholinguistics
• The Mental Lexicon
• Phonetics and Phonology

(Please go to https://rebeccacarroll.org/publications/ for a full/ updated list of publications)

Carroll, R., Vuković, M., Coco, M.I., & Townsend, D. (2023). Editorial: New ideas in language sciences: Linguistics. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. Article 1289877. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1289877

Völter, C., Oberländer, K., Haubitz, I., Carroll, R., Dazert, S., & Thomas, J.P. (2022). Poor performer – A distinct entity in cochlear implant users? Audiology & Neurotology. https://doi.org/10.1159/000524107

Völter, C., Oberländer, K., Carroll, R., Dazert, S., Lentz, B., Martin, R., & Thomas, J.P. (2021). Non-auditory functions in low-performing adult cochlear implant users. Otology & Neurotology, 42(5), e543-e551. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000003033

Winkler, A., Carroll, R., & Holube, I. (2020). Impact of lexical parameters and audibility on the recognition of the Freiburg monosyllabic speech test. Ear & Hearing, 41(1). 136-142. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000737.

Chanturidze, M., Carroll, R., & Ruigendijk, E. (2019). Prepositions as a hybrid between lexical and function category: Evidence from an ERP study on German sentence processing. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 52, Article 100857. DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2019.100857.

Chanturidze, M., Carroll, R., & Ruigendijk, E. (2019). Comprehension and production of prepositions by German-speaking children. In P. Guijarro-Fuentes, & C. Suárez-Gómez (Eds.),Proceedings of GALA 2017: Language Acquisition and Development (pp. 271-288). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Rosemann, S., Gießing, C., Özyurt, J., Carroll, R., Puschmann, S., & Thiel, C. (2017). The contribution of cognitive factors to individual differences in understanding noise-vocoded speech. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11:294. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00294.

Winkler, A., Carroll, R., & Holube, I. (2017). Analyse von Nachbarschaftsparametern anhand der Freiburger Einsilber. Proceedings of the 20^th Annual Convention of the German Audiological Society.

Carroll, R., & Ruigendijk, E. (2016). ERP responses to processing prosodic phrasing of sentences in amplitude modulated noise. Neuropsychologia, 82, 91-103. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.01.014.

Carroll, R., Uslar, V., Brand, T., & Ruigendijk, E. (2016). Processing mechanisms in hearing impaired listeners: Evidence from reaction times and sentence interpretation. Ear & Hearing, 37(6), e391-e401. DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000339.

Carroll, R. & Warzybok, A. (2016).  Speech recognition in reverberation and noise: The roles of the lexicon and age. In: H. van den Heuvel, B. Cranen, & S. Mattys (eds.), Proceedings of the Speech in Realistic Environments (SPIRE) Workshop (pp. 19-20).

Carroll, R., Warzybok, A., Ruigendijk, E., & Kollmeier, B. (2016). Age-related differences in lexical access relate to speech recognition in noise. Frontiers in Psychology, 7: 990. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00990.

Fuhrhop, N., Carroll, R., Drews, C., & Ruigendijk, E. (2016). Sind die Buchstabenformen eine Lesehilfe? Mitteilungen des Germanistenverbandes, 63(2), 119-128. DOI: 10.14220/mdge.2016.63.2.119.

Carroll, R., Meis, M., Schulte, M., Vormann, M., Kießling, J., & Meister, H. (2015). Development of a German Reading Span Test with dual task design for application in cognitive hearing research. International Journal of Audiology, 54(2), 136-141. DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2014.952458.

Carroll, R., Warzybok, A., Ruigendijk, E., & Kollmeier, B. (2015). Influence of vocabulary knowledge & lexical access times on speech intelligibility in different acoustic conditions. Proceedings of the 18th Annual Convention of the German Association of Audiology (DGA) on CD-ROM. ISBN 978-3-9813141-5-1.

Domahs, U., Plag, I., & Carroll, R. (2014). Word stress assignment in German, English, and Dutch: Quantity-sensitivity and extrametricality revisited. Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics, 17(1), 59-96. DOI: 10.1007/s10828-014-9063-9.

Carroll, R. (2013). Effects of Syntactic Complexity and Prosody on Sentence Processing in Noise.Aachen: Shaker. 

Carroll, R. & Ruigendijk, E. (2013). The effect of syntactic complexity on sentence processing in noise. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 42(2), 139-159. DOI: 10.1007/s10936-012-9213.

Carroll, R., Zokoll, M., & Wittkop, T. (2013). Überprüfung wandlerspezifischer Korrekturwerte für verschiedene Kophörer durch Sprachverständlichkeitsschwellen in Ruhe. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Convention of the German Association of Audiology (DGA) on CD-ROM. ISBN 978-3-9813141-3-7.

Meis, M., Schulte, M., Vormann, M., Wagener, K., Meister, H., Rählmann, S., Neher, T., Carroll, R., & Kießling, J. (2013). Kognitive Leistungen und Sprachverstehen im Störgeräusch: Ein Vergleich kognitiver Testverfahren. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Convention of the German Association of Audiology (DGA) on CD-ROM. ISBN 978-3-9813141-3-7.

Uslar, V., Carroll, R., Hanke, M., Hamann, C., Ruigendijk, E., Brand, T., & Kollmeier, B. (2013). Development and evaluation of a linguistically and audiologically controlled sentence intelligibility test. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134(4), 3039-3056. DOI: 10.1121/1.4818760.

Uslar, V., Carroll, R., Wendt, D., Ruigendijk, E., & Brand, T. (2013). Warum die Ente der Hund tadelt: Mögliche neue Wege in der Audiologie mit den Oldenburger Linguistisch und Audiologisch Kontrollierten Sätzen. Zeitschrift für Audiologie (Audiological Acoustics), 52(1), 6-15.

Carroll, R., Brand, T., & Ruigendijk, E. (2012). Wer macht was mit wem? Zur Differenzierung von Verständlichkeit, Verarbeitung und Verstehen von Sprache. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Convention of the German Association of Audiology (DGA) on CD-ROM. ISBN: 978-3-9813141-2-0.

Carroll, R. & Olthoff, A. (Eds.). (2012). Linguistik im Nordwesten: Beiträge zum 3. Nordwestdeutschen Linguistischen Kolloquium, 3.-4. Dezember 2010. Bochum: Brockmeyer Verlag (=Diversitas Linguarum 32).

Genevska-Hanke, D., Hamann, C., & Carroll, R. (2012). The influence of L1 phonology on L2 phoneme perception. In R. Carroll & A. Olthoff (eds.). Linguistik im Nordwesten: Beiträge zum 3. Nordwestdeutschen Linguistischen Kolloquium, 3.-4. Dezember 2010, (pp. 117-146). Bochum: Brockmeyer Verlag.

Uslar, V., Brand, T., Hanke, M., Carroll, R., Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C. & Kollmeier, B. (2011). Does sentence complexity interfere with intelligibility in noise? Evaluation of the Oldenburg Linguistically and Audiologically Controlled Sentence Test (OLACS). Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (InterSpeech). Makuhari, Chiba, Japan. 2482-2485.

Uslar, V., Hanke, M., Carroll, R., Brand, T., Ruigendijk, E., Hamann, C., & Kollmeier, B. (2010). Entwicklung eines Sprachkorpus zur Bestimmung des Sprachverstehens bei variabler linguistischer Komplexität, In: Fortschritte der Akustik, DAGA 2010 (pp. 83-84). DEGA e.V.: Berlin.