Shifting perceptions: Experience the different sensory worlds

What’s it like to live with hearing and vision impairment? In this workshop you get to explore virtual simulations of different sensory experiences, hear from people with lived experience of sensory impairment and take part in tasks to discover alternative ways of considering the sensory environment. Facilitated by Dr Saima Rajasingam, Lecturer in Audiology, Vision & Hearing Research Centre, ARU.

Following her graduation with a BSc (Hons) in Audiology from University College London, Saima obtained her PhD in Auditory Perception at Aston University. She is a RCCP-registered Audiologist and HCPC-registered Hearing Aid Dispenser, with experience in the NHS and private sector. She maintains her clinical practice as a Consultant Audiologist at Cubex Audiology and is a Fellow of the British Society of Audiology (FBSA). Saima’s research interests include improving outcomes for adults and children with deafblindness/multisensory impairment, auditory perception in individuals experiencing hearing loss, the role of healthcare communications in promoting help-seeking behaviour for hearing loss, rand hearing technologies for communication in ‘noisy’ environments. She leads ARU's Applied Hearing Research Hub (Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Centre).