Expt running content - Prepping for participant
TODO Summary
Before the participant arrives
Enter check_audioLevels
then click Part A. (full check_audioLevels guide here)
- Turn on SPL meter and press Fast/Slow and Level.
- Adjust the microphone gain on the black amplifier (the "Your Headphones" and "pp headphones" knobs) until the SPL meter reads 59.5 to 60.5 dB.
- Press spacebar to stop.
- Turn off SPL meter
Set out a paper copy of the appropriate consent form (highlighted above) on the participant's desk.
Open the lab email and monitor for participant's arrival.
How to access the lab email
- In the web browser, open your personal UW email inbox through Outlook. You can do this through MyUW if needed.
- In the top right corner, click the circle with your profile picture/initials.
- Click Open another mailbox
- Enter speechmotor@waisman.wisc.edu and click Open
If it's the appointment time but the participant hasn't called/emailed yet
- Find the participant's phone number.
- If you have access to Qualtrics (ie if you're on this list), use the Finding Experiment Running Info KB page to find the participant and phone #
- If you don't have Qualtrics access, Slack the lab manager and ask for the phone number
- Wait 5 minutes past the scheduled appointment time, then call the participant.
- If they are at the building, on their way, or can arrive really soon, continue with the appointment
- If we have back-to-back participants such that them arriving late is going to mess up another participant, just tell them that the lab manager will email to reschedule
- You don't need to leave a message
When the participant arrives
The participant will notify you of their arrival by either emailing speechmotor@waisman.wisc.edu or calling the phone in 544. When they contact you:
- Confirm they are at the North Entrance (they are next to the soccer fields)
- Tell them you will meet OUTSIDE the door which says Lobby Clinics
Meet the participant downstairs
Grab the clipboard with the SPEECH STUDY sign, greet them at the entrance, go upstairs, and direct them to 544A.
Participants can remove their mask once in the experiment room. They will need to remove their mask during speaking tasks.
FAQ
Participants are not required to wear a mask on the path we take them from the entrance to the exam room. We are not permitted to exclude participants who don't wear a mask or aren't vaccinated. Talk to the lab manager if you have concerns about this (university-level) policy.