Conversations in background noise, like in a crowded room or at a restuarant, are notoriously more effort-inducing. In collaboration with audiologists, my current work explores how listening in noisy conditions impacts a listener's ability to use semantic information to compensate for the degraded acoustic input.

The quickening adoption of AI tools like ChatGPT in our daily lives warrants new investigation into how it affects us as the users. In a new investigation, I am exploring how the voice chat function of ChatGPT affects conversation. 

Recent Publications

Ghanim I. & Smith, A. (2025). Influence of semantic context on speech-in-noise performance: Evaluating the QuickSIN. American Journal of Audiology.

Austin, J., Benas, K., Caicedo, S., Imiolek, E., Piekutowski, A., & Ghanim, I. (2024). Perceptions of AI and ChatGPT by Speech-Language Pathologists and Students. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1(24).

Ghanim, I., & Perovic, A. (2023). The use of lexical semantics for processing face-masked speech in monolinguals and bilinguals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(2), 1202–1210.

Wambacq, I., Ghanim, I., Greenfield, S., Koehnke, J., Besing, J., Chauvette, C., & Yesis, C. (2023). Neurophysiologic Patterns of Semantic Processing of Accented Speech. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 65, 101117

Ghanim, I., Wambacq, I. & Covey L. (2022). Contribution of Semantics to Bilingual Processing. International Journal of Bilingualism. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069221139384 

Recent Presentations

Smith, A. & Ghanim, I. (2024, December). Validity of Speech-in-Noise Hearing Assessments for Bilinguals. Technical research presentation session at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention 2024, Seattle, Washington.

Ghanim, I. (2022). Impact of mask wearing on bilingual semantic processing: A priming study. Poster presentation at International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults & Children 2022 (ISBPAC), Tromsø, Norway.