Dr. Yael Zaltz
I am a senior staff member and a researcher at the department of Communications Disorders at Tel Aviv University. I am also an audiologist and a speech therapist. In may lab I'm examining the behavioral and neural effects of auditory training in listeners with normal and impaired hearing abilities. Specifically, my research focuses on a) the neural mechanisms that underlie auditory perception and auditory learning using functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), b) the characteristics of auditory learning and their dependency on the training protocol, the task complexity and the perceptual and cognitive abilities of the participant, and c) the different acoustic and cognitive contributors for speech perception in quiet and amid noise, and their susceptibility to behavioral training.
Behavioral Neuroscience
Cognitive Neuroscience
Imaging Research
- Levin M, Balberg M, Zaltz Y. Cortical activation in response to speech differs between prelingually deafened cochlear implant users with good or poor speech-in-noise understanding: An fNIRS study. Applied Sciences. 2022. 12, 12063. doi: 10.3390/app122312063
- Zaltz Y, Kishon-Rabin L. Difficulties experienced by older listeners in utilizing voice cues for speaker discrimination. Frontiers in psychology. 2022. 13, 797422. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.797422
- Ferman S, Amira Shmuel S, Zaltz Y. The type of feedback provided can affect morphological rule learning of young children. Language learning and development. 2021. 18 (4), 455-474. doi: 10.1080/15475441.2021.1986399.
- Zaltz Y, Segal O. The perception of Arabic vowel duration by L1 Hebrew speakers: Can a short training remold the effect of the native phonological system? Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 1-21. 2021. doi: 10.1017/S0272263120000728
- Zaltz Y, Kishon-Rabin, L, Karni A, Ari-Even Roth D. Practice makes transfer imperfect – evidence from auditory learning. Ear and Hearing. 41 (6): 1470-1482. 2020. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000860.
