For me, writing an essay in a book concerned with ‘Aural Diversity’ requires writing about my hearing. In this regard I’d like to begin with an apology, particularly to those who live with tinnitus, as I’ll be mentioning it throughout. This last year I’ve been undergoing research as part of a funded AHRC project, with Dr. Marie Thompson, concerned with ‘Tinnitus, Auditory Knowledge and the Arts’, and as such, when I need to write the word tinnitus, I have started to replace it with the symbol of a wave (〰), representing what I tentatively call ‘wave signification’. This is concerned with phenomena, such as tinnitus, that once you hear and/or think about them, seem to shift in perception, whether in terms of signification, location, volume, intensity, or otherwise...
Farmer, Patrick
School of ArtsFaculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Year of publication: 2022Date of RADAR deposit: 2024-11-18