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Research Group: Signal Processing, Audio and Hearing Group

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The Signal Processing, Audio and Hearing Group (SPAH) is part of the world leading Institute of Sound and Vibration Research (ISVR). SPAH was founded to bring together researchers working on the processing, perception and control of complex signals, with a primary focus on technological innovations related to both the engineering and human sciences aspects of acoustics.

Group Overview

SPAH incorporates a number of Labs and Centres, which include the Centre for Research in Active Control, the Hearing and Balance Centre and the Virtual Acoustics and Audio Engineering Lab.

Key areas of research within the group include the Active Control of Sound and Vibration; Spatial and 3D Audio reproduction and capture; Audiology, Hearing Impairment, Psychoacoustics and Communication; Signal Processing for Underwater Acoustics and Bioacoustics; but also extends beyond acoustics to the fields of Image Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing and Human Balance. You can find out more about our research by following the links below.

Dr Jordan Cheer | Head of the Signal Processing, Audio and Hearing Group

Research

Active Control of Sound and Vibration

Biomedical Signal Processing

Signal Processing for Underwater Acoustics

Virtual Acoustics and Audio Engineering

Teaching

Members of SPAH teach on a diverse range of programmes including both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Audiology and Acoustics

Contact us

Institute of Sound and Vibration Research
School of Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
University of Southampton
Highfield Campus
Southampton SO17 1BJ

Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 2294

Email: isvr-spah@soton.ac.uk

Postgraduate opportunities

You can find all of our projects with guaranteed funding here.

Publications

Articles

Book Chapters

Dal Borgo, M., Ghandchi Tehrani, M., & Elliott, S. (Accepted/In press). Nonlinear strategies for vibration control and energy harvesting. In W. Desmet, B. Pluymers, S. van Ophem, & P. Becht (Eds.), “ANTARES” Advanced Training and Research in Energy Efficient Smart Structures KU Leuven. https://www.fp7-antares.eu/ANTARES_Book.pdf
Zhu, G., Xiong, Y., Daley, S., & Shenoi, R. (2015). Magnetorheological elastomer materials and structures with vibration energy control for marine application. In C. G. Soares, & R. A. Shenoi (Eds.), Analysis and Design of Marine Structures : Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT 2015), Southampton, UK, 25-27 March 2015 (pp. 197-206 ) https://doi.org/10.1201/b18179-27
Blumensath, T. (2014). The geometry of compressed sensing. In A. Y. Carmi, L. Mihaylova, & S. J. Godsill (Eds.), Compressed Sensing and Sparse Filtering (Signals and Communication Technology). Springer.
Blumensath, T., Davies, M. E., & Rilling, G. (2012). Greedy algorithms for compressed sensing. In Y. C. Eldar, & G. Kutyniok (Eds.), Compressed Sensing: Theory and Applications (pp. 348-393). Cambridge University Press.

Conferences

Datasets

Letter/Editorial

Chesnaye, M. A., Bell, S. L., Harte, J. M., & Simpson, D. M. (2019). A group sequential test for ABR detection. International Journal of Audiology, 58(10), 618-627. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1625486

Patent

Owens, D. H., Daley, S., & Hatonen, J. J. (2009). Control of processes Control of processes. (Patent No. US 11/886,930).

Reports

Barrett, J. (2016). Mathematical source references. University of Southampton.
Dogan, H., & Leighton, T. G. (2015). Dynamics of gas bubbles in viscoelastic media accounting for high amplitude pulses and second harmonic emissions. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 337). University of Southampton.
Blumensath, T., & Davies, M. E. (2007). Blind separation of maternal and fetal ECG's using any number of channels. s.n.
Blumensath, T., & Davies, M. E. (2007). On the difference between orthogonal matching pursuit and orthogonal least squares. TechReport.

Theses

Working Papers

Paurobally, R., & Elliott, S. J. (2013). A study of the performance of a feedback active isolation system with multiple inertial actuators. (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 999). University of Southampton.
Simon Galvez, M. F., & Elliott, S. J. (2013). Lumped parameter model of the Organ of Corti. (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 1000). University of Southampton.
Elliott, S. J., & Cheer, J. (2011). Regularisation and robustness of personal audio systems. (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 995). University of Southampton.

Research Staff

List of all staff members in Signal Processing, Audio and Hearing Group
Staff Member	Primary Position
Robert Allen	Professor of Biodynamics and Control
Krithika Anil	Postgraduate research student
Keri Barker	Postgraduate Research Student
Anna Barney	Associate Dean Education
Steven Bell	Associate Professor
Ahmed A Bin Afif	PhD candidate
Stefan Bleeck	Professor of Hearing Science and Technology
Thomas Blumensath	Associate Professor
Nicole (Nicci) Campbell	Professorial Fellow (Enterprise)
Jordan Cheer	Associate Professor, Head of the Signal Processing, Audio and Hearing Research Group
Helen Cullington	Professorial Fellow
Mattia Dal Borgo	Research Fellow
Stephen Daley	Professor of Industrial Active Control
Stephen Elliott	Professor of Adaptive Systems
Filippo Maria Fazi	Associate Professor
Mark Fletcher	Research Fellow
Andreas Franck	Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Yushan Gao	Postgraduate research student
Eric Hamdan	Postgraduate research student
Rob Harris	Visiting Professor in Auditorium and Building Acoustics
Jacob Hollebon	Postgraduate Research Student
Kristian Edward Hook	Postgraduate research student studying Acoustic Black Holes.
Charlie House	Postgraduate research student in Signal Processing & Control
Nikolaos Kournoutos	Marie Curie Research Fellow
Ben Lineton	Lecturer in Audiology
Emma Mackenzie	Principal Teaching Fellow in Audiology
Riccardo Marrocchio	Postgraduate research student
Dylan Menzies	Visiting Fellow
Joseph John Milton	Postgraduate research student
Philip Nelson	Professor of Acoustics
Ravi Pal	Postgraduate research student
Athanasios Papaioannou	Postgraduate research student
Vlad Stefan Paul	Postgraduate research student
Samuel W Perry	Specialist Technician, Postgraduate Researcher
Daniel Rowan	Director of Programmes (Audiology)
Hannah Domenica Semeraro	Lecturer in Audiology
Marcos Felipe Simón Gálvez	Visiting Researcher
David Simpson	Professor of Biomedical Signal Processing
Lawrence Singleton	Postgraduate research student
Takashi Takeuchi	Chief Technical Officer and Senior Vice President OPSODIS Limited
Joe Tan	Postgraduate research student in Signal Processing & Control
Emilien Valat	Postgraduate researcher in X-Ray Computed Tomography and Deep-Learning
Rachel van Besouw	Visiting Research Fellow
Carl Verschuur	Professorial Fellow (Enterprise)
Daniel Wallace	Postgraduate Research Student
Victoria Watson	Senior Teaching Fellow (Audiology)
Paul White	Professor of Statistical Signal Processing
Ilias Zazas	Senior Enterprise Fellow

Related Projects

List of related projects to Signal Processing, Audio and Hearing Group
Related Projects	Status
Engine Breakthrough Components and Subsystems	Active
2 ears are better than 1	Active
A compact and inexpensive virtual acoustics system for clinical and research evaluation of spatial hearing in cochlear implant and hearing aid users	Active
Active Control of Sound and Vibration on a Luxury Yacht	Active
Active control of viscoelastic metamaterials	Active
Anaesthesia and awareness	Active
Control of non-linear vibration using an iterative Sherman-Morrison receptance method	Active
Development of 3-channel OPSODIS 3D sound reproduction system	Active
Directive Warning Sounds for Electric Vehicles	Active
Electro-haptic hearing: Using tactile stimulation to improve cochlear implant listening	Active
Auralization combining finite element and geometrical acoustic methods	Active
Filling in the gaps: compressed sensing for x-ray computed tomography	Active
Finding a sense of balance	Active
Fit for duty	Active
Generating a Personal Listening Zone from a Mobile Device	Active
Generation of Multiple Independent Listening Zones in a Vehicle Cabin	Active
Improving the acquisition of Auditory Evoked Potentials for clinical diagnosis	Active
Independent component analysis in the automated detection of evoked potentials from multichannel recording	Active
Make like a bat	Active
Modelling cochlear dynamics	Active
Modelling of the neuronal responses of identified motor neurons across animals	Active
Signal processing of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs)	Active
Modelling the voltage distribution due to a cochlear implant	Active
New methods for assessing the control of blood flow in the brain	Active
Objective measures of hearing aid benefit	Active
Personalized fitting and evaluation of hearing aids with EEG responses	Active
Prediction of ultrasonic wave propagation in aircraft structures for crack monitoring	Active
Quality of life measures for patients with bilateral cochlear implants	Active
Reading between the lines: Signal Processing for faster fMRI acquisition	Active
Size matters: x-ray computed tomography for dimensional metrology	Active
Sound field reproduction with non-uniform source distributions	Active
The Hearing Brain	Active
The modelling of hearing impairment and the design of an array-based hearing aid	Active
Beamforming applications in aeroacoustics	Active
Compensated Amplitude Panning	Active
Complex sound field representation	Active
Describing sound scenes for next-generation audio	Active
Fundamentals of spatial audio reproduction	Active
Listener Position Adaptive Audio Reproduction	Active
Nearfield Acoustical Holography	Active
Next Generation Recording Technology	Active
Shaping the future of systems for personalized audio	Active
Waves in loudspeaker cones	Active
What are hearing aids up to?	Active
When greed is good: greedy algorithms for Signal Processing and Compressed Sensing	Active
Enhancement of speech landmarks for cochlear implants	Dormant

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