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Prof Amir Hussain

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School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

A.Hussain@napier.ac.uk

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Prof Chan Hwang See BEng(Hons) PhD CEng FIET SMIEEE FHEA

Professor
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

C.See@napier.ac.uk

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Mr. Ethan Robson

Student Experience
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

E.Robson2@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Iain McGregor

Associate Professor
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

I.McGregor@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Luigi La Spada

Lecturer
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

L.LaSpada@napier.ac.uk

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Perceptually Aware Communication in High-Risk Environments: A Conceptual Framework

McGregor, I. (2025)

Perceptually Aware Communication in High-Risk Environments: A Conceptual Framework. Edinburgh Napier University

This paper presents a conceptual framework for perceptually optimised audio communication in high-risk and acoustically challenging environments. Drawing on principles from so...

Adaptive Sound Ethics Framework: Consent, Tone, and Respect in Feedback Design

McGregor, I. (2025)

Adaptive Sound Ethics Framework: Consent, Tone, and Respect in Feedback Design. Geneva, Switzerland (Zenodo is hosted by CERN): Edinburgh Napier University

This technical report outlines an ethical framework for adaptive sound feedback systems grounded in behavioural consent, emotional tone sensitivity, and user autonomy. It intr...

The Auditory Contract: Designing Trustworthy Sound in IoT

McGregor, I. (2025)

The Auditory Contract: Designing Trustworthy Sound in IoT

This technical report introduces the concept of the auditory contract, the unspoken agreement between users and smart devices to interpret sound as meaningful and trustworthy....

Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently

McGregor, I. (2025)

Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently

Traditional diagnostic tools like the stethoscope have long helped clinicians detect signs of illness through direct contact and active listening. In an era of ubiquitous sens...

Stabilising Sound: A Perceptual Audio Framework for Balance Support Inspired by Vestibular Stimulation

McGregor, I. (2025)

Stabilising Sound: A Perceptual Audio Framework for Balance Support Inspired by Vestibular Stimulation. Edinburgh Napier University

This note outlines a proposal for a perceptual audio system that may help stabilise balance and reduce fall risk using low-frequency sound cues delivered through everyday list...

Perceptually Adaptive Speech Clarity System for Reverberant Environments

McGregor, I. (2025)

Perceptually Adaptive Speech Clarity System for Reverberant Environments. Not commissioned – self-initiated research and disclosure

This document outlines a perceptually adaptive audio system designed to improve the intelligibility of spoken announcements in highly reverberant environments. Using speech bu...

A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy

Mcgregor, I. (2025)

A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy

Efforts to personalise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) have traditionally focused on anatomical accuracy, modelling the head, ears and torso to predict how sound shoul...

PEMS: Peoples Experience Of Mountain Soundscapes

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Donato, B. D., & Mcgregor, I. (2025, June)

PEMS: Peoples Experience Of Mountain Soundscapes. Presented at Forum Acusticum / Euronoise 2025: 11th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, Málaga, Spain

This study investigates the role of soundscapes in mountain environments, focusing on their contributions to safety, navigation, and environmental understanding. A survey of 2...

Audio Occlusion Experiment Data

McSeveney, S., Tamariz, M., McGregor, I., Koniaris, B., & Mitchell, K. (2025)

Audio Occlusion Experiment Data. [Data]

This dataset comprises anonymous user study participant responses of audio occlusion to investigate presence response of body occlusions in the presence of sound sources in th...

PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes

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Di Donato, B., & McGregor, I. (2024, June)

PEMS: People Experience of Mountain Soundscapes. Paper presented at Forum Alpinum 2024, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia

This research delves into the intricate relationship between mountain auditory environments and the mountaineering experience, shedding light on the influence of individual so...

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ICURe - AudEvo: Intelligent Auditory Assessment for Precision Hearing Evaluation

This Innovate UK ICURe Discover is a 10-week, part-time online market discovery programme designed to support researchers and technicians in exploring their potential market. The programme aims to en...

Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £2,500

Sound Design pipeline for cross-platform 360 virtual productions

With the increasing formats and devices for spatial audio in 360 VPs, the question of the most efficient way to deliver spatial audio becomes more complex. Being aware of audience perception and prefe...

Funder: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | Value: £9,181

Audio Mostly 2023

This project's aim is to host the Audio Mostly conference 2023 here at Edinburgh Napier University (https://audiomostly.com/). Conference Theme: Embodied Sound in the Virtual Conference Abstract: S...

Funder: Fees (CPD courses and Conference Delegate)

Dynamic Range: Immersive Screenwriting for Sound

This is a successful bid for a Small Research Grant with Creative Informatics at Edinburgh Napier and Edinburgh University. The proposal is to explore the dramatic potential of Augmented Reality and D...

Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council | Value: £5,000

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Adaptive sound design for video games utilising selective attention with reference to gamers’ relative skill level

In video games, selective attention can be utilised to increase a player’s engagement ...

Mr. Ethan Robson | Director of Studies: Dr Iain McGregor | Second Supervisor: Dr John McGowan

Soundscape mapping: comparing listening experiences

The perceived auditory environment is an increasingly important part of people’s everyday interactive experiences. While sound design is an establish...

Dr Iain McGregor | Director of Studies: Prof David Benyon | Second Supervisor: Dr Phil Turner

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Gender and Sexuality Research at Edinburgh Napier University

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