1996-1999 EPSRC research grant (£170,111)

'Automatic cue-enhancement of natural speech for improved intelligibility'

• Investigators: Valerie Hazan and Mark Huckvale
• Research Fellow: Andrew Simpson

1996-7 3rd year of EU Leonardo grant (£4900 this year)

'THALIS: production of a trilingual glossary of terminology from heating engineering'. UCL is a partner in a project coordinated by the Technical Chamber of Greece.

Research Assistant: Jasper Holmes

1996: 'Development of efficient testing procedures for use with hearing-impaired listeners.' The Hearing Research Trust, £8,998

1996-1999: 'Auditory nonlinearity in human listeners with mild-moderate hearing impairment.' Principal grant-holder (with Dr. Richard Baker as co-holder) of a Wellcome Trust project grant ­ funding one full­time researcher (Dr. Baker), equipment and consumables. £152,180

Summer, 1996: Wellcome Trust Vacation Scholarship £1080

1996-98 EU TMR grant (£68,343)

'The role of distinctive features in speech perception and recognition'

• Investigator and Research Fellow: Roel Smits
• Scientific Officer: Valerie Hazan