<p><a href="https://www.ruthamos.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ruth Amos</a> visits the <a href="https://acoustictesting.salford.ac.uk/acoustic-laboratories/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Acoustic Laboratories at the University of Salford</a>. She gets to experience the test chambers with their extreme acoustics, from the oppressive silence of the anechoic chamber, to the booming reverberation chamber.</p><br><p>So this is an Inventive episode with a twist, as previous guest <a href="https://www.ruthamos.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ruth Amos</a> turns interviewer, and we hear about the acoustical engineering done by Inventive's normal host Professor Trevor Cox.</p><br><p>Inventive Podcast is all about mixing fact and fiction, as it features groundbreaking engineers and brilliant writers. This episode features a story exploring unusual hearing from science fiction writer <a href="https://www.stephencox.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stephen Cox</a>. And yes, Trevor and Stephen are related. Stephen's story The Magic Flute draws on Trevor's <a href="http://cadenzachallenge.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cadenza project</a>, which aims to improve how music sounds on hearing aids.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
