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Research project

Feeling the beat – Haptic enhancement of music perception in cochlear implant users

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Mark Fletcher

Lecturer in Medical Technology & Design
Research interests
  • Haptics and tactile perception
  • Cochlear implants
  • Audio signal processing
Connect with Mark

Email: M.D.Fletcher@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Felix Langfeldt BEng, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Active/Passive Acoustic Metamaterials
  • Low-frequency Sound Insulation
  • Aircraft Cabin Noise Control
Connect with Felix

Email: F.Langfeldt@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Improved tactile speech perception and noise robustness using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with amplitude envelope expansion
Mark D. Fletcher, Esma Akis, Carl A. Verschuur & Samuel W. Perry, 2024, Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15029
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-65510-6
Type: article
Improved tactile speech robustness to background noise with a dual-path recurrent neural network noise-reduction method
Mark D. Fletcher, Samuel W. Perry, Iordanis Thoidis, Carl A. Verschuur & Tobias Goehring, 2024, Scientific Reports, 14(1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57312-7
Type: article
Improving speech perception for hearing-impaired listeners using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with multiple frequency channels
Mark Fletcher, Carl A. Verschuur & Samuel W. Perry, 2023, Scientific Reports, 13(1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40509-7
Type: article
Listen with your wrists
Mark Fletcher, 2021, Frontiers for Young Minds, 9
DOI: 10.3389/frym.2021.678405
Type: article
Using vibration on the wrists to enhance cochlear implant listening
Mark Fletcher, 2021
Type: conference
Can haptic stimulation enhance music perception in hearing-impaired listeners?
Mark Fletcher, 2021, Frontiers in Neuroscience, 15
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.723877
Type: review