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Pedagogical approaches in music and audio education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students (2024)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., & McGregor, I. (in press). Pedagogical approaches in music and audio education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Organised Sound,

Learning about music, sound, or audio can present significant challenges for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH). Given the advancements in technology and the increasing emphasis on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in education,... Read More about Pedagogical approaches in music and audio education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics (2024)
Journal Article
Cunningham, S., & McGregor, I. (online). Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-024-01819-3

Foley artistry is an essential part of the audio post-production process for film, television, games, and animation. By extension, it is as crucial in emergent media such as virtual, mixed, and augmented reality. Footsteps are a core activity that a... Read More about Audience perceptions of Foley footsteps and 3D realism designed to convey walker characteristics.

Practices and educational affordances of sound in the postcolonial Hong Kong protests (2023)
Journal Article
Cheng, L., & McGregor, I. (in press). Practices and educational affordances of sound in the postcolonial Hong Kong protests. Contemporary Music Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2023.2241236

Sound has been theorised for its functional role as informative agent in political advocacy and participation in political studies, yet the investigation on the pedagogical potential has been largely absent. This paper examines the pedagogical impact... Read More about Practices and educational affordances of sound in the postcolonial Hong Kong protests.

Evaluation of the Use of Real-time 3D Graphics to Augment Therapeutic Music Sessions for Young People on the Autism Spectrum (2021)
Journal Article
Mcgowan, J. J., Mcgregor, I., & Leplatre, G. (2021). Evaluation of the Use of Real-time 3D Graphics to Augment Therapeutic Music Sessions for Young People on the Autism Spectrum. ACM transactions on accessible computing, 14(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1145/3445032

The present research evaluates the effectiveness of CymaSense, a real-time 3D visualisation application developed by the authors, as a means of improving the communicative behaviours of autistic participants through the addition of a visual modality... Read More about Evaluation of the Use of Real-time 3D Graphics to Augment Therapeutic Music Sessions for Young People on the Autism Spectrum.

Evaluating Use of the Doppler Effect to Enhance Auditory Alerts (2021)
Journal Article
Cunningham, S., & McGregor, I. (2021). Evaluating Use of the Doppler Effect to Enhance Auditory Alerts. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 37(11), 1074-1087. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2020.1870818

Auditory alerts are an essential part of many multi-modal interaction scenarios, particularly in safety and mission critical settings, such as hospitals and transportation. A variety of strategies can be employed in the design of auditory alerts, oft... Read More about Evaluating Use of the Doppler Effect to Enhance Auditory Alerts.

Sound Stories: A Context-Based Study of Everyday Listening to Augmented Soundscapes (2019)
Journal Article
Droumeva, M., & McGregor, I. (2019). Sound Stories: A Context-Based Study of Everyday Listening to Augmented Soundscapes. Interacting with Computers, 31(3), 336-347. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwz024

With an increasing number of everyday operations and communications becoming both automated and autonomous, ambient intelligent soundscapes are transforming to accommodate additional sonic feedback, and with it, new frameworks of listening. While thi... Read More about Sound Stories: A Context-Based Study of Everyday Listening to Augmented Soundscapes.

Subjective Evaluation of Music Compressed with the ACER Codec Compared to AAC, MP3, and Uncompressed PCM (2019)
Journal Article
Cunningham, S., & McGregor, I. (2019). Subjective Evaluation of Music Compressed with the ACER Codec Compared to AAC, MP3, and Uncompressed PCM. International Journal of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting, 2019, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8265301

Audio data compression has revolutionised the way in which the music industry and musicians sell and distribute their products. Our previous research presented a novel codec named ACER (Audio Compression Exploiting Repetition), which achieves data re... Read More about Subjective Evaluation of Music Compressed with the ACER Codec Compared to AAC, MP3, and Uncompressed PCM.

Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs (2015)
Journal Article
McGregor, I., & Cunningham, S. (2015). Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 63(11), 876-888. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2015.0076

This study aims to explore the suitability of capturing designers’ and listeners’ experiences of sound design for a radio drama and audio logos using the repertory grid technique, which is a proven method of information elicitation based on Personal... Read More about Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs.

How does Term-time Paid Work Affect Higher Education Students’ Studies, and What can be Done to Minimise any Negative Effects? (2015)
Journal Article
McGregor, I. P. (2015). How does Term-time Paid Work Affect Higher Education Students’ Studies, and What can be Done to Minimise any Negative Effects?. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 3(2), 3-14. https://doi.org/10.14297/jpaap.v3i2.127

This study aims to investigate the effects of term-time paid work on undergraduate students’ studies and what can be done to minimise any negative effects. Two studies were conducted; the first to establish the extent of students taking on paid work... Read More about How does Term-time Paid Work Affect Higher Education Students’ Studies, and What can be Done to Minimise any Negative Effects?.