John Culling

John Culling is Professor at Cardiff University's School of Psychology, specializing in psychoacoustics, binaural hearing, and speech perception in noise. His research investigates perceptual mechanisms enabling speech understanding in challenging auditory environments like reverberant rooms, with applications in hearing aid design and cochlear implant technology.

Research focuses on:

• Cocktail-party problem solutions
• Binaural unmasking mechanisms
• Effects of reverberation on speech segregation
• Fundamental frequency differences in voice separation
• Hearing impairment compensation strategies

Publication analysis reveals consistent focus on auditory perception in complex soundscapes, with recent work emphasizing computational modeling, assistive device optimization, and neurophysiological underpinnings of hearing.

Scientific honors include:

• Fellow of the Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg
• Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America

Current PhD supervision includes Ryab Barnsley's work on bone-conduction hearing aids. Major grants secured:

• EPSRC: 'Physiologically inspired hearing loss simulation' (£366K, PI)
• Leverhulme Trust: 'Active audiovisual perception' (£239K, Co-I)
• Oticon Foundation: 'Bilateral cochlear implants' (£139K, PI)

Collaborates internationally with researchers in auditory science including Dr Mathieu Lavandier (Lyon) and Prof. Jon Barker (Sheffield).