Case Study: Wellesley College achieves faster, higher-quality speech perception research with FindingFive and Prolific

Wellesley College captures speech data 100x faster with Prolific

Wellesley College, represented by Assistant Professor Wednesday Bushong, needed to conduct precise online speech perception research. Their challenge was finding an intuitive platform for creating complex cognitive studies and recruiting verified, native American English-speaking participants, a process that was previously slow and prone to unreliable data from bots and unqualified respondents.

Using Prolific’s integrated participant pool with its rigorous verification and over 300 filters, the college found its exact target demographic. This solution enabled them to gather data over 100 times faster, moving from a semester-long process to same-day insights. The quality data led to breakthrough findings on how we perceive speech, which are now informing new research directions and potential interventions for hearing loss.

Wellesley College