[AUDITORY] Fw: UK PhD Studentship in developing new AI-driven methods to enhance audible spatial cues for people with hearing loss (deadline 30 November 2025)

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Thread-topic: UK PhD Studentship in developing new AI-driven methods to enhance audible spatial cues for people with hearing loss (deadline 30 November 2025)

Dear Colleagues,

please see the advert below from my colleague Aidan Hogg for a PhD studentship at Queen Mary University of London.

Best
Lorenzo

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Lorenzo Picinali
Professor in Spatial Acoustics and Immersive Audio
Dyson School of Design Engineering
Imperial College London
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Imperial College Road
South Kensington, SW7 2DB, London
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UK PhD studentship in developing new AI-driven methods to enhance audible spatial cues for people with hearing loss

Dear all,

(Apologies for cross-posting!)

Please see below the details of a fully funded Home PhD studentship opportunity at Queen Mary University of London (School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science), starting January or April 2026. I would be grateful if you could forward this to anyone who may be interested. The application deadline is 30 November 2025.

The project, supervised by Dr Aidan Hogg, will aim to develop new AI-driven methods to restore and enhance spatial hearing for hearing-impaired users.

Unlike conventional hearing aids that often distort spatial cues, this project will explore “superhuman” head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to exaggerate or selectively enhance spatial cues, improving localisation, speech-in-noise perception, and autonomy in everyday listening. The research will combine machine learning, audio signal processing, computational auditory modelling, psychoacoustics, and VR-based perceptual training.

The studentship covers tuition fees and a London stipend (£21,874 per year, 2025/26 rate) for up to 3 years. Applicants must be UK residents and should be passionate about hearing assistive technologies, with a background in machine learning, audio/acoustics, signal processing, or hearing science. Programming experience (e.g. MATLAB, Python, C++) is desirable.

Full details can be found at FindAPhD (https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/spatial-hearing-support-for-hearing-impaired-users-augmentation-and-adaptation/?p186493), along with more information about how to apply.

For specific enquiries, please contact: Dr Aidan Hogg – a.hogg@xxxxxxxxxx

Cheers,

Aidan

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Aidan Hogg

Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London

Honorary Researcher at Imperial College London