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Perception

Image of Sean Cragg. Close-up portrait of a person wearing a dark green textured sweater, turned slightly to the side. The indoor background is softly blurred with warm circular lights and glass panels, suggesting a relaxed social or communal setting.

Sean Cragg

Sean is part of Cohort 1 at the University of Salford.

Image of Rebecca Hutt. Close-up portrait of a person with shoulder-length curly hair wearing a dark maroon long-sleeve top, positioned slightly angled toward the camera. The indoor background is softly blurred, showing warm circular lights and glass panels, suggesting a relaxed social or communal setting.

Rebecca Hutt

Rebecca is part of Cohort 1 at the University of Salford.

Close-up portrait of a person, Max Ellis, wearing glasses and a patterned jacket, standing in front of acoustic foam panels arranged in a geometric, wedge-shaped pattern typically used in sound testing environments.

Max Ellis

Max is part of Cohort 1 at the University of Salford.

Image of Matt Torjussen. Close-up portrait of a person wearing round glasses and a navy jumper over a light collared shirt, standing indoors and facing slightly toward the camera. The background is softly blurred with warm circular lights and glass panels, suggesting a relaxed indoor setting.

Matt Torjussen

Matt is part of Cohort 1 at the University of Salford.

Image of Matt Gray. Close-up portrait of a person wearing dark-framed glasses and a light blue denim button-up shirt, positioned slightly angled toward the camera. The image is taken indoors, with a softly blurred background featuring warm circular lights, glass panels, and a dark overhead sign, suggesting a relaxed social or communal environment.

Matthew Gray

Matthew is part of Cohort 1 at the University of Salford.

Image of Katie Salter. Close-up portrait of a person wearing glasses and a green top, with long dreadlocks draped over both shoulders. The person stands indoors in front of a softly blurred background with warm lighting and circular light reflections, suggesting an informal interior setting.

Katie Salter

Katie is part of Cohort 1 at the University of Salford.

Image of Deokki Min. Close-up portrait of a person wearing round glasses and a casual jacket layered over a light top, photographed in an indoor setting. The background is softly blurred with warm, circular lights and glass panels, suggesting an informal social or communal space.

Deokki Min

Deokki is part of Cohort 1 at the University of Southampton.

Cohort 1 of the EPSRC Sustainable Sound Futures CDT gathered for a group photo indoors around a large anatomical ear model used for sound and hearing research.

Psychoacoustic Modelling for Complex Soundscapes

Project outline This research addresses a critical gap in the evaluation of environmental and technical sounds by developing and validating psychoacoustic models for sharpness and impulsiveness within the Sottek Hearing Model (SHM) framework, then optimising these models for real-world complex soundscapes rather than idealised laboratory conditions. Current sound evaluation methods rely heavily on basic frequency-weighted […]

Cohort 1 of the EPSRC Sustainable Sound Futures CDT gathered for a group photo indoors around a large anatomical ear model used for sound and hearing research.

Psychoacoustic Assessment and Machine Listening-Based Modelling of Novel Noise Source Perception in Complex Soundscapes

Project outline The rollout of low-carbon technologies is introducing unfamiliar sounds into everyday environments: These technologies bring clear financial and environmental benefits, yet their acoustic footprints are often quite different from the noise sources they replace. Tonal, fluctuating, high-pitched, and sometimes persistent in character – such sounds can alter how people perceive the quality and […]

Cohort 1 of the EPSRC Sustainable Sound Futures CDT gathered for a group photo indoors around a large anatomical ear model used for sound and hearing research.

Optimising Air Source Heat Pump Planning and Placement to Minimise Community Noise Impact

Project outline Air source heat pumps (ASHPs) offer a significant opportunity to decarbonise home heating. However, the increasing rate of installations at homes across the UK and Europe may lead to a rise in community noise, impacting public health and wellbeing, and potentially hindering the adoption of heat pumps. Current standards for assessing noise from […]