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Welcome to Edinburgh Napier Research Repository

The ‘Research Repository’ is the open access institutional repository of Edinburgh Napier University. It contains examples of research outputs produced by staff and research students, as well as related information about the university's funded projects and staff research interests.

Whenever possible, refereed documents accepted for publication, or finished artistic compositions presented in public, will be made available here in full digital format, and hyperlinks to standard published versions will be provided. Any questions about submissions to the repository or problems with access to any of its content should be sent to the Repository Team at repository@napier.ac.uk



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Cognitive benefits of hearing intervention vary by risk of cognitive decline: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE trial (2025)
Journal Article
Pike, J. R., Huang, A. R., Reed, N. S., Arnold, M., Chisolm, T., Couper, D., Deal, J. A., Glynn, N. W., Goman, A. M., Hayden, K. M., Mitchell, C. M., Pankow, J. S., Sanchez, V., Sullivan, K. J., Tan, N. S., Coresh, J., & Lin, F. R. (in press). Cognitive benefits of hearing intervention vary by risk of cognitive decline: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE trial. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association,

INTRODUCTION: Results from the ACHIEVE trial suggest hearing intervention may not reduce 3-year cognitive decline in all older adults with hearing loss but may be beneficial in certain groups. This secondary analysis investigated if participants with... Read More about Cognitive benefits of hearing intervention vary by risk of cognitive decline: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE trial.

Robot status: investigating the perception of social status in a robot (2016)
Thesis
Li, J. (2016). Robot status: investigating the perception of social status in a robot. (Dissertation). Stanford University

Media technology enables people to have social interactions with the technology itself. Robots are a new form of media that people can communicate with as independent entities. Although robots are becoming more naturalized in social roles involving c... Read More about Robot status: investigating the perception of social status in a robot.

HoloJig: Interactive Spoken Prompt Specified Generative AI Environments (2025)
Journal Article
Casas, L., Hannah, S., & Mitchell, K. (online). HoloJig: Interactive Spoken Prompt Specified Generative AI Environments. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1109/mcg.2025.3553780

HoloJig offers an interactive, speech-to-VR, virtual reality experience that generates diverse environments in real-time based on live spoken descriptions. Unlike traditional VR systems that rely on pre-built assets, HoloJig dynamically creates perso... Read More about HoloJig: Interactive Spoken Prompt Specified Generative AI Environments.

Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Goman, A., Tan, N., Pike, J., Bessen, S., Chen, Z. (., Huang, A., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., Couper, D., Deal, J., Glynn, N., Gmelin, T., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K., Martinez Amezcua, P., Mitchell, C., Pankow, J., Reed, N., Sanchez, V., …Lin, F. (in press). Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial. The Lancet Public Health,

Background
Hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults and has been associated with an increased likelihood of falling. We aimed to examine the effect of a hearing intervention on falls over three years among older adults in a secondary anal... Read More about Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial.