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Giving shape to sound

Fascinated by language and how music feels, Deaf rapper Signkid creates tracks that give shape to sound. He discusses inspiration, access and performing for all audiences, D/deaf and hearing alike.

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The sweet sound of synthetic speech

After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.

  • In pictures

My search for a stronger voice

Find out what kinds of treatment history offered to people suffering from voice problems.

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Synaesthesia, or when senses overlap

What’s it like to see heartbeats, taste Tube stations or hear paintings?

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  • Sound waves
  • Portable cradle metwork, Hall Sound, New Guinea
  • Think pink / Fugue MDA ; Ministry of Sound.
  • Think pink / Fugue MDA ; Ministry of Sound.
  • Sylvester Sound aiming a pistol at a broken mirror. Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.
  • Salish people in a canoe on Puget Sound, North America. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, ca. 1900.
  • Salish people in a canoe on Puget Sound, North America. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, ca. 1900.
  • Crimean War: interior of the Belleisle Hospital ship in Faro sound. Wood engraving.
  • Eno's "Fruit Salt" : physiologically sound laxative, effective systemic alkalizer, no sulphates, no sugar.
  • Inhabitants of Nootka Sound, Canada: four men and a woman holding a baby. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina, ca. 1820, after J. Webber.
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  • Workshop

Sounds Like London

The Forum
Past
  • Wheelchair friendly
  • Relaxed
  • Seminar

Listening to Hindi Manuscripts

Viewing Room
Past

Part of Exploring Research

  • Performance

Slalom

Reading Room
Past
  • Relaxed
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