Prof. William Choi gave a seminar on “The Type of Musical Instrument Matters: Musical Advantage in Lexical Tone Perception and Word Learning” in Shanghai Normal University. [10 December, 2025]
Prof. William Choi gave a seminar on “Cantonese Tone Assimilation and Discrimination by Punjabi Speakers of Cantonese” in Fudan University. [9 December, 2025]
Prof. William Choi presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Denver, USA! [21 November , 2025]
Prof. William Choi received the 2025 Faculty Early Career Research Output Award. [25 September, 2025]
On RTHK Radio 3, Professor Choi discussed how music training benefits speech and reading development in young children. [7 August, 2025]
Prof. William Choi, Doris Yu, Jiaqing Zu, and Nicole Chau presented at the Hong Kong Auditory Science Meeting. [30 May, 2025]
Our undergraduate researcher, Isabelle Sheung, won the Best Oral Presentation Award in the Final Year Research Conference! [23 May, 2025]
Our first joint lab meeting with the NeuroLML lab was held at The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. [17 January, 2025]
Prof. William Choi presented at the Psychonomic Society's 65th Annual Meeting in New York City, USA. [23 November 2024]
PhD student Zu Jiaqing presented at the Psychonomic Society's 65th Annual Meeting in New York City, USA. [22 November 2024]
Enjoying our lab's annual traditional Halloween lunch, filled with spooky delights and festive fun!
Professor Choi will give a research seminar on “The Role of Musical Instruments in Music-to-language Transfer” at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 8 November. [31 October 2023]
Double the joy in the lab as we celebrate birthdays and the Mid-Autumn Festival together! [13 September 2024]
We are enjoying the end-of-semester lunch. [19 July, 2024]
Our undergraduate researcher, Chan Lok Yan Stephanie, won the Best Oral Presentation Award in the Final Year Project Mini Conference! [24 May, 2024]
Professor Choi gave a thematic talk on “Nurturing future speech-language pathologists” at the University of Hong Kong JUPAS Information session 2024. [17 May, 2024]
Dr. Yu-fu Chien, our visiting scholar from Fudan University, gave a research seminar on "The Processing and Representation of Mandarin Tone Sandhi Words in Isolation and in Context: Evidence from Behavioral and ERP experiments". [17 May, 2024]
Professor Choi is elected as a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society for his outstanding scholarship in experimental psychology. [26 April, 2024]
Professor Choi gave a research seminar on "Cantonese Tone Perception in Punjabi Speakers: Implications for the Perceptual Assimilation Model for Suprasegmentals" at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. [23 April, 2024]
Nicole Chau, our intern, is recognised as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Tertiary Students of Hong Kong 2023 by the Hong Kong Youth & Tertiary Students Association [29 January, 2024]
Our lab presented three studies at the International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages (ICPEAL). [8 December 2023]
Professor William Choi and Runqing Cheng (PhD student) presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in San Francisco, USA! [November 17, 2023]
Professor Choi gave a research seminar on "The Choice of Musical Instrument Matters: Musical Advantage in Tone Perception and Word Learning" at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. [31 October 2023]
Our lab embraced the spooky spirit with a frightfully fun Halloween lunch! [31 October 2023]
Tang Hei Yung Blanche has won the Best Presenter Award of BSc Final Year Project! [19 May]
![Our PhD student Doris Yu presented at the 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) in Prague! [9 August]](https://spmusic.edu.hku.hk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG_1952_page-0001-2-e1692343985430.jpg)
Our PhD student Doris Yu presented at the 20th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) in Prague! [9 August]
Wu Chun Him Jason has won the Best BSc Final Year Project Award! [19 July]
Professor Choi gave an informative talk on Speech-language Pathology during HKU Information Day 2023. [28 October 2023]
News and events
Our special issue article entitled “Integrating theoretical perspectives: A narrative review of how music training enhances word reading” is published in Education Sciences! [16 March, 2026]
Prof. William Choi gave a seminar on “The Type of Musical Instrument Matters: Musical Advantage in Lexical Tone Perception and Word Learning” in Shanghai Normal University. [10 December, 2025]
Prof. William Choi gave a seminar on “Cantonese Tone Assimilation and Discrimination by Punjabi Speakers of Cantonese” in Fudan University. [9 December, 2025]
Our study entitled “Musical advantage in Thai tone word learning: The role of cue-weighting” has been accepted for publication in Music Perception! [3 December, 2025]
Prof. William Choi presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society in Denver, USA! [21 November , 2025]
Our study entitled “A musical intervention to enhance tonal-rhythmic sensitivity: Music-Speech Integration Pedagogy (MSIP)” has been accepted for publication in Revista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical! [15 November, 2025]
Our study entitled “Relation between musicianship and speech perception: The mediating roles of auditory sensitivity and executive function” has been accepted for publication in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology! [4 November, 2025]
Prof. William Choi received the 2025 Faculty Early Career Research Output Award. [25 September, 2025]
Our study entitled “Cantonese tone perception by Punjabi speakers of Cantonese: Evidence and implications for the Perceptual Assimilation Model of Second Language Speech Learning” has been accepted for publication in Language and Speech! [19 September, 2025]
Our study entitled “The comparative effects of Cantonese and Mandarin tone language backgrounds on musical pitch perception” has been accepted for publication in Scientific Reports! [21 August, 2025]
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About Us
Welcome along! The Speech and Music Perception Laboratory is based in the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong.
Our lab integrates a research line in speech and music perception, presenting a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary exploration and collaboration. Specifically, we combine diverse areas of expertise, including speech science, music education, and neuroscience. By leveraging the collective knowledge of these disciplines, we seek to advance the theoretical understanding of the shared mechanisms underlying speech and music perception.
Our lab is a collaborative research platform, bringing together speech and music researchers from Hong Kong and overseas. This platform will facilitate knowledge exchange, foster interdisciplinary collaborations, and promote a vibrant research community focused on speech and music perception.
Additionally, we aim to attract prospective local and international research postgraduate students, while providing research internship opportunities for taught postgraduate and undergraduate students to nurture their research interests.
Lastly, our lab is committed to translating research findings into practical resources for speech therapists, music teachers, and language teachers. By bridging the gap between research and practice, we aim to develop valuable tools and interventions that will enhance their professional work.
Email: choilab.hk@gmail.com
Tel: +852 9515 8795
Location: Room 720, 7/F, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong