HOSPITAL NOISES: Sonic Autobiography and the Embodied Experience of Autistic Auditory Perception – A Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Inquiry
Xsara Helmi, PhD Researcher with LAURA (The Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Research Doctoral Hub), funded by the Leverhulme Trust, is pleased to announce her article, ‘HOSPITAL NOISES: Sonic Autobiography and the Embodied Experience of Autistic Auditory Perception – A Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Inquiry.’ The paper will be published in Journal of Creative Research Methods, Vol. 2, Issue 1, published by Bristol University Press / Policy Press (May 2026; early view available here). Using a phenomenological, transdisciplinary arts-based framework, the study explores autistic auditory experience in hospital environments through field recordings, autoethnographic narrative, and intuitive piano improvisation. Reinterpreting sonic autobiography as autistic self-representation, the article introduces new concepts: Autistic Sonic Texture Sensitivity (ASTS), phonotactilia, and Tonotextural Sensory Modulation (TSM) , advancing sensory-led, arts-based approaches within aural diversity, autism studies, music phenomenology, and the health humanities.