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Here you will find news and updates about the research and researchers in LAURA.

LAURA Students – Cohort 2

Our second cohort of students started their projects in October 2025. Please find details about their projects below. Neesa Sunar is working with supervisors Dr Adam Hart and Dr Goncalo Barradas on a project titled: Neurodiversity of Audiation and Mental Practice: A Survey of Aphantasic Musicians Paula Helene Schneider is working with supervisors Professor Bill […]

AURAL DIVERSITY CONFERENCE – update with schedule

University of Salford and online – 5 September 2025 – Sign up The aural diversity movement springs from the observation that the many differences in hearing/listening might be better represented by a concept of a diverse range of hearing types instead of a binary normal/impaired model.  Aural diversity has made significant progress since the term […]

AURAL DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 

University of Salford and online – 5 September 2025  Call for Papers  The aural diversity movement springs from the observation that the many differences in hearing/listening might be better represented by a concept of a diverse range of hearing types instead of a binary normal/impaired model.  Aural diversity has made significant progress since the term […]

LAURA Students – Cohort 1

Our first cohort of students started their projects in October 2024. Please find details about their projects below. Addie Beckwith is working with supervisors Dr Robert Bendall and Dr Duncan Williams on a project titled: Aural diversity in sensory emotion regulation and its implications for mental health. Silvia Castellano is working with supervisors Dr Samantha […]