Sarah Armstrong, Defra-supported CDT student, seeks to develop more ecologically informed methods for understanding the effects of noise on UK wildlife While noise pollution is widely recognised for its impacts on human health, current regulations and guidance are largely based on human hearing and may not adequately protect wildlife. Many animals perceive sound differently to […]
Max Ellis of the Salford Acoustics Research Centre is undertaking pioneering research aimed at improving understanding of how people perceive emerging noise sources within increasingly complex sound environments. Supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Max has been conducting fieldwork across a diverse range of environments, collecting valuable research data for […]
In the Salford Acoustics Research Centre, CDT Sound Futures student Katie Salter has been leading a series of innovative listening experiments designed to understand how people perceive heat pump noise — a topic growing in importance as the UK accelerates its transition to low‑carbon heating. Katie’s work focuses on the psychoacoustic factors that shape how […]
Employees contribute to University of Salford study exploring how humans perceive sound The London office of Sandy Brown (UK independent acoustic consultancy) recently became the setting for a unique research initiative as University of Salford PhD researcher Matt Torjussen visited to conduct a series of psychoacoustic experiments. Over the course of the study, several colleagues […]