Alex Mepham
PhD Student
Alex Mepham is a PhD student investigating how background noise impacts speech understanding.Alex currently lives in York, UK.
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Alex Mepham
PhD Student
Alex Mepham is a PhD student investigating how background noise impacts speech understanding.Current project: Cognitive Listening: Investigating speech perception in noise within a cognitive framework.
(funded by the Leverhulme Trust).
Publications:
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2022). The time-course of linguistic interference during native and non-native speech-in-speech listening. J Acoust Soc Am. 152(2), 954-969. Link
Mepham, A., McGarrigle, R., Rakusen, L., & Mattys, S. L. (2021, preregistration). Listening effort cost from informational interference. (OSF Preregistration: Link)
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2020). Release in linguistic masking changes over time: Differences between native and non-native listeners. J Acoust Soc Am, 148(4), 2721. Link
Presentations:
Mepham, A. (2022, 01 Nov). The adaptation time-course of speech perception and listening effort in noise. Invited Speaker at the Inaugural Psycholinguistics@York Event, University of York, UK.
Mepham, A., McGarrigle, R., Knight, S., Rakusen, L., & Mattys, S. L. (2022, 09 Sep). Trade-offs between performance and effort during lis-tening in adverse conditions. Poster presentation at the 28th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP), York, UK.
Mepham, A., McGarrigle, R., Knight, S., Rakusen, L., & Mattys, S. L. (2022, 07 Jul). Trade-offs between performance and effort during lis-tening in adverse conditions. Poster presentation at the 6th Université Franco-Allemande Deutsche-Französische Hochschule Summer School: Coping with the complexity in speech production and perception, Chorin, Germany.
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2021, 24 Aug). Changes in informational interference over time: Differences between native and non-native speakers. Short talk at the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark (Online).
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2021, 29 Jun). Changes in informational interference over time: Differences between native and non-native speakers. Spoken presentation at the Postgraduate Research Conference, University of York, York (Online).
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2021, 6-7 Jan). Changes in release from linguistic masking over time: Differences between native and non-native speakers. Poster presented at the Experimental Psychology Society Meeting, UCL, London, UK (Online).
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2020, 10 Dec). Release in linguistic masking changes over time: differences between native and non-native listeners. Poster presented at the Acoustical Society of America Acoustics Virtually Everywhere Conference (Online).
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2020, 21 Nov). An analysis of the time-course of release from informational masking in native and non-native speakers. Poster presented at the Psychonomic Society 61st Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, USA (Online).
Mepham, A., Bi, Y., & Mattys, S. L. (2020, 10 Nov). Changes in release from linguistic masking over time: Differences between native and non-native speakers. White Rose Doctoral Training Program (WRDTP) Welcome Event, WRDTP (Online). // First Prize in Poster Competition
Public Speaking:
Mattys, S., McGarrigle, R., Knight, S., Mepham, A., & Rakusen, L. (2021, 11 Jun). The Listening Brain. Online talk as part of the York Festival of Ideas, York, UK (Online).
Mepham, A. (2020, 09 Dec). Studying Psychology and the Science of Hearing: Part II. Invited Speaker as part of the Sixth Form Psychology Seminar series, Simon Langton Girl's Grammar School, Canterbury, UK (Online).
Mepham, A. (2020, 18 Nov). Studying Psychology and the Science of Hearing: Part I. Invited Speaker as part of the Sixth Form Psychology Seminar series, Simon Langton Girl's Grammar School, Canterbury, UK (Online).
Mepham, A. (2020, 13 Mar). The Science of Hearing. Talk given as part of the York Next Step series, University of York, UK.
Mepham, A. (2020, 08 Feb). The Science of Hearing. Talk given at YorNight 2020, York Barbican, UK.
Mepham, A. (2019, 08 Dec). The Science of Hearing. Mini-lecture given as part of the Roots to Success series, University of York, UK.
Alex Mepham
Writing
Alex Mepham mainly writes poems
but also translates poems
and sometimes writes non-poems
Awards / Development
Winner: Northern Debut Award for Poetry: Out-Spoken Press Programme. New Writing North, 2023.
Winner: Emerging Poets Development Scheme. Out-Spoken Press, 2023-2024.
Mentee: Emerging Translator Mentorship. National Centre for Writing, 2023-2024.
Highly Commended: Primers Vol. 7. Nine Arches Press, 2023.
Commissions / Performances
Poem: 'What Proof' for PROOF III, 1-3 Nov 2023. Press Release.
Reading: Charlotte Shevchenko Knight, Janine Bradbury & Alex Mepham. Rise:Up, Bluebird Bakery, York. 25 Oct 2023.
Editorial
Poetry Editor, Queerlings, Feb 2023 - present.
Guest Editor, Carmen et Error, Issues 7.0 & 7.5, Nov - Dec 2023.
Poetry Reader, Kitchen Table Quarterly, Jan 2022 - Jul 2023.
Publications
Ulvsvann (ii.). Under the Radar (UK), Issue 33, Forthcoming Spring 2024. Poem
Editorial. Queerlings (UK), Issue 8, Oct 2023. Editorial
From the Malton Train, 14 Magazine (UK), Series Two, Issue 4, Oct 2023. Poem
Butter, fourteen poems (UK), Issue 11, Aug 2023. Poem
Three Poems. Dreich (UK), SEASON 6 (8), Jul 2023. Poems
+ I. The Prophet
+ II. The Guard
+ III. The Knitting GroupNorthern Light. Full Bleed (US), Issue 6, Jun 2023. Poem
Ulvsvann (iii.). Carmen et Error (UK), Issue 5.0, Jun 2023. Poem
Surupiirakat. Consequence (US), Issue 15.1, Spring 2023, May 2023. Poem
Ulvsvann (i.). Púca Magazine (IE), Issue 4, May 2023. Poem
Discord. t'ART Press (UK), Issue 5, Apr 2023. Poem
Editorial. Queerlings (UK), Issue 7, Apr 2023. Editorial
A Large Size in Stockings is Hard to Sell: A Guided Meditation Courtesy of the Institute of Electricians and Electronics Engineers. Rat World Magazine (NZ), Issue 5, Apr 2023. Poetic Essay
Where Do You Draw The Line? Visual Verse (UK), Vol 10, Chapter 5, Mar 2023. Poem
Anchoret. Visual Verse (UK), Vol 10, Chapter 4, Feb 2023. Poem
The Teacher. Red Ogre Review (US), Issue 16, Feb 2023. Poem
Three Poems. Powders Press (UK), Issue 4: Spectrum, Jan 2023. Poems
+ I. A Lesson in UX Design
+ II. ≠
+ III. InspectionTo the Salmon I Ate at Christmas. Ink Sweat and Tears (UK), 12 Days of Christmas 2022: On the Eleventh Day of Christmas..., Dec 2022. Poem
Memorial. berlin lit (DE), Issue 2, Dec 2022. Poem
Four Poems. Empyrean Literary Magazine (US), Vol 1 (4), Dec 2022. Poems
+ I. The Lover [online]
+ II. In Search of Eggs [online]
+ III. Letter from a Lone Soldier [print]
+ IV. State of the Nation [print]Het Straatje. The Festival Review (US), Vol 9 & 10, Apr 2022. Poem
The Townhouse. The Festival Review (US), Oct 2021. CNF
Exercise I: Definitions. High Shelf Press (US), Issue XXXIV, Sep 2021. Poem
Shame. Magma (UK) 80: Avatars, Jul 2021. Poem
It all greys. Beyond Words Literary Magazine (DE), Jan 2021. Poem
Gunvor Hofmo. Modern Poetry in Translation (UK), Nov 2020. Translation
Biography and two translations:
+ I. I want to lead the army [Jeg vil lede hæren]
+ II. God doesn't talk [Gud taler ikke]There Is Nothing Wrong. Shortlisted for the Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Lockdown Prize (IE), Jul 2020. Flash Fiction
Alex Mepham
Contact
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contact details on the homepage.Alternatively, send a message to Alex at:am2050 [at] york [dot] ac [dot] uk