Aural Diversity

Aural Diversity addresses a fundamental methodological challenge in  music and soundscape research by considering the nature of hearing as a  spectrum of diverse experiences.

Bringing together an  interdisciplinary array of contributors from the arts, humanities, and  sciences, it challenges the idea of a normative listening experience and  envisions how awareness of aural diversity can transform sonic arts,  environments, and design and generate new creative listening practices.

With  contributors from a wide range of fields including sound studies,  music, hearing sciences, disability studies, acoustics, media studies,  and psychology, Aural Diversity introduces a new and much-needed  paradigm that is relevant to scholars, students, and practitioners  engaging with sound, music, and hearing across disciplines.