Research Overview

I am a Lecturer in Neuroscience and lead a research programme examiningMultimodal Communication and Plasticity. My work focuses on the benefits of visual information during communication, particularly when auditory access varies or is changing. I am particularly interested in how variations in sensory and language experience shape how the brain processes auditory and visual signals.

To answer these questions, I work with profoundly deaf individuals, cochlear implant users, and bi-/multilinguals (both spoken and sign language users). My research typically uses eye-tracking, and neuroimaging (fNIRS and EEG). I am comitted to improving the inclusivity of neuroimaging practices that disproportionately exclude people from underserved groups, including those with dark and textured hair, and those who use head-based devices such as hearing aids and cochlear implants.