Felix Schaeffler

Dr Felix Schaeffler is a Lecturer in the Speech and Hearing Sciences Division at Queen Margaret University (QMU), where he has been since 2006. He holds an MA in Psycholinguistics from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a PhD from Umeå University (Sweden), focusing on phonological quantity in Swedish dialects. His research spans prosody analysis, voice quality disorders, and clinical applications of speech science. Key collaborations include work on Parkinson’s disease prosody and co-founding Fitvoice TM, a smartphone-based voice care service.

Education: MA (Psycholinguistics, Munich), PhD (Swedish Dialectology, Umeå). Research emphasizes intonation, cross-linguistic pitch range differences, and occupational voice health. He has secured grants like the Carnegie Trust’s Research Incentive Grant (2015-2016) and participated in competitions such as SIE New Ventures (2016). Teaching includes speech science, bilingualism, and acoustic analysis at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Notable achievements include final placements in SIE New Ventures and Converge Challenge, as well as contributions to projects like the ESRC-funded 'Cross-Language Differences in Pitch Range.' His work bridges clinical audiology and technology, with applications in voice monitoring and occupational health.