We are very happy to share that Xsara Helmi, PhD Researcher with LAURA (The Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Research Doctoral Hub) funded by the Leverhulme Trust, has a new article in the Journal of Creative Research Methods (Vol. 2, Issue 1), published by Bristol University Press / Policy Press.
Titled ‘HOSPITAL NOISES: Sonic Autobiography and the Embodied Experience of Autistic Auditory Perception – A Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Inquiry,‘ the article examines how hospital soundscapes are experienced through autistic sensory perception.
Using a phenomenological, transdisciplinary arts-based framework, the study explores autistic auditory experience in hospital environments through field recordings, autoethnographic writing, and phenomenological piano improvisation. Reinterpreting sonic autobiography as autistic self-representation, the article introduces new concepts: Autistic Sonic Texture Sensitivity (ASTS), phonotactilia, and Tonotextural Sensory Modulation (TSM), advancing sensory-led, arts-based approaches within aural diversity, autism studies, music phenomenology, and the health humanities.
The paper has received recognition through its inclusion in the publisher’s curated Editors’ Choice selection. All featured articles in the collection are available free to read with open access until 31 August 2026.
Read the collection here: Editors’ Choice Collection