Workshop 1: Hearing Care and Hearing Technologies
University of Leeds, September 1st & 2nd, 2021.
Led by: Dr Alinka Greasley.
This workshop will examine the ways in which hearing care and hearing technologies currently address hearing differences, and how they might be improved in the future in an interdisciplinary context that includes the arts and humanities alongside technical and scientific fields. It will address questions such as: In what ways do hearing healthcare practitioners (e.g. audiologists, hearing therapists, medical practitioners e.g. ENT specialists) address aural diversity in their practice? How can we improve hearing care through increased understanding of different hearing and listening types? How have hearing and assistive technologies been designed over time to account for hearing difference? What new developments would improve hearing technologies for aural diversity? How could changes in hearing care and hearing technologies affect developments in the arts and humanities?
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for submission of contribution proposals: EXTENDED from July 16th to JULY 30TH 2021
In what ways do hearing healthcare practitioners address aural diversity in their practice? How can we improve hearing care through understanding of different hearing and listening types? How have hearing technologies been designed to account for hearing difference? What new developments would improve hearing technologies for aural diversity?
The Aural Diversity Network ‘Hearing Care and Hearing Technologies’ two-day workshop will examine the ways in which hearing care and hearing technologies currently address hearing differences, and how they might be improved in the future in an interdisciplinary context that includes the arts and humanities alongside technical and scientific fields.
The goal of the network is to bring together researchers and practitioners to develop interdisciplinary approaches to understanding how people hear differently. Whilst we hope to receive contributions from hearing care practitioners and hearing technology experts given the focus of the workshop, we hope to receive submissions from those working across a broad range of disciplines such as music and performance arts, sound studies and soundscape, sound environment design, acoustics and noise studies, transport, and speech.
Submissions may consist of proposals for:
- Spoken papers, demonstrations, workshops, thematic symposia.
- Symposia are intended to include contributions from multiple geographical locations.
Please note: due to the online format, poster presentations will not be supported. Live captioning and British Sign Language interpretation will be available throughout.
Important dates:
- 5th July 2021 Registration opens
- 16 July 2021 Deadline for abstract submissions
- 30 July 2021 Review outcomes
- 27 Aug 2021 Final event programme
- 1-2 Sept 2021 Network event (online)
Submission guidelines for single paper or demonstration:
- Structured abstract of max 300 words
- Empirical studies: Background, Aims, Methods, Results, Conclusion and Implications
- Non-empirical studies: Background, Aims, Main Contribution, Conclusion and Implications
- Demonstrations: Background, Aims, Main Contribution & Practical requirements.
- Indication of topic, thematic highlight, and whether part of a symposium
Submission guidelines for symposia:
- Structured abstract of max 300 words for symposium as a whole: Background, Aims, Main contribution.
- Overview of presentations including titles, authors, and selected hubs.
- Structured abstract for each contribution, following the guidelines for single submissions, submitted separately
Your proposal must further include:
- The title
- The authors’ names
- Type of proposal (presentation, workshop, demonstration, symposium)
- Your institutional affiliation(s)
- The email address of the lead author
- Where you are based nationally/internationally
- What time zone you are in (-5 UTC Americas, +1UTC West-Europe, +4 UTC East etc.)
How to submit: Please submit your proposal via email to: info@auraldiversity.org