The Aural Diversity network aims to develop interdisciplinary approaches to hearing difference and seeks to address important issues such as how aural diversity is perceived in disciplines that deal with sound and hearing, how the acoustic design of places and products can be improved for a diverse population, how hearing care can be improved through increased understanding of different needs, and how new knowledge of aural diversity could be used to improve accessibility, inclusion and equality. The network is gaining momentum and we now have over 150 members representing researchers and practitioners across a wide range of disciplines including music and performing arts, sound studies, humanities, healthcare, hearing technologies, transport studies, psychology, and environment.
The videos from the first and second Aural Diversity workshops are now available on the general website here or by clicking the links below. Special thanks to Colin Bradburne and Nilanjanaa Jayant (University of Leeds) for help with editing and caption correcting!
Workshop 1: Hearing Care and Hearing Technologies
University of Leeds, September 1st & 2nd, 2021.
Led by: Dr Alinka Greasley.
Workshop 1
Videos Day 1:
- Andrew Hugill (University of Leicester), John Levack Drever (Goldsmiths College), Alinka Greasley (University of Leeds), Josh Reiss (Queen Mary University of London), Bill Davies (University of Salford): Introductions by core network members
- Graeme Gooday (University of Leeds) and Karen Sayer (Leeds Trinity University): Alternatives to technocratic audiology – a historical survey
- Heather Dowber (GNResound Ltd): Keeping Human Intelligence at the Heart of Innovation
- Network Members: Network Introductions
- Peggy Sylopp (sincEARe) and Jan Rennies-Hochmuth (Fraunhofer IDMT): liketohear – qualitative study on individual sound adaptation behaviour
- Rosalyn Parker (University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust & PANDA PPIE Group): Delivering Hearing Research and Patient Involvement during Covid-19 and Beyond
- Conference attendees: Plenary discussion
Videos Day 2:
- Lena Batra (Hearing therapist, educator and advisory consultant London, UK): Beyond the audiogram; 3 people…3 stories
- Matthew Frost (Harley Street Hearing, London UK): “Are you deaf?” A personal reflection from music industry to audiology clinic.
- Samuel Couth (et al.) (Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, UK): “I think it’s really important to protect your hearing, but…”: Identifying barriers to hearing protection use in musicians and developing interventions using the Behaviour Change Wheel
- Alinka Greasley (Chair), Matthew Frost, Samuel Couth: Discussion: approaches to musicians’ hearing healthcare
- Angeliki Mourgela (Queen Mary University of London): Perceptually motivated, automated broadcast audio mixing for hearing loss
- Douglas MacCuthcheon (Saint-Gobain Ecophon UK): How can we address aural diversity when designing learning environments?
- Conference attendees: Plenary discussion
Workshop 2 Hearing Sciences and the Arts and Humanities
Thursday January 13, 2022
Online-only, hosted by University of Nottingham and University of Leeds
Led by: Prof David Baguley, Dr Alinka Greasley and Prof Andrew Hugill
Videos
- Introductions by network members
- Tanvi Solanki: Listening to difference: the BBC and the British Library’s Listening Project
- Coreen McGuire: Resistance and Categorisation Construction of Hearing Loss through Telephony in Inter-War Britain
- Ed Garland: How does reading affect the experience of Aural Diversity?
- Matthew Spring: Digital versus Analog. A lifetime of music making using hearing aids
- Ricardo Huisman: Experience of inclusive tactile sonic sculpture installation: “the bone conductor”
- Concluding discussion
The videos from the third workshop on psychoacoustics and acoustics will be available soon.
If you would like to find out more and join the mailing list, go to: www.auraldiversity.org
AG 18/6/22