Sarah Colby

Sarah Colby is a Research Fellow at the University of Ottawa, focusing on the intersection of sensory and cognitive factors in language processing. Her work primarily examines aging and cochlear implant users, employing eye-tracking and pupillometry to study speech perception under degradation.

Research Interests:

• Psycholinguistics
• Cognitive Aging
• Speech Processing in Hearing-Impaired Populations
• Perceptual Learning
• Individual Differences

Projects: Lead investigator for the Language Across the Lifespan Project, which explores how cognition, hearing, and psychosocial well-being interact across aging.

Publications: 15+ peer-reviewed articles in journals like Cognition, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, and Nature Communications, focusing on spoken word recognition, lexical competition, and listening effort.