Invited talks
2026
Mark’s talk on developing new haptic hearing aid technology at the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (UK). Thank you to Dr. Garreth Prendergast, Prof. Gabrielle Saunders, and Dr. Rebecca Millman for invitation and being such welcoming hosts.
Mark’s invited talk on the EHS team’s work developing new haptic hearing aid technology at the British Society of Otology meeting (Brighton). Thank you to Prof. Mood Bhutta and Alan Sanderson for their invitation and work putting on such an excellent event.
Mark’s talk on the EHS team’s work developing new haptic hearing aid technology at the University of Jordan. Thank you to Margaret Zuriekat and the team in Jordan for being such exceptional hosts
2025
Mark’s invited talk at University of Rochester (USA) on a haptic hearing aids. Thank you to the Ed Lalor, Matt Dye, and Aaron Nidiffer for being fantastic hosts.
Mark’s invited talk at Med-El HQ, Innsbruck, Austria on a haptic hearing aid to support cochlear-implant listening. Thank you to the Med-El team for arranging a wonderful trip
Mark’s invited talk at University of Nottingham (UK) on a haptic hearing aids. Thank you to Thank you to Joe Sollini for being an excellent host.
Mark’s invited talk on haptics for film talk at SoundByte Studios, London, UK. Thank you to the James Mather and Bronwyn Elizabeth for hosting a great event
Mark’s invited talk at the Sussex Hearing Lab Meeting, Brighton (UK), describing our work developing the mosaic 2 haptic aid for hearing. Thank you very much to Mood Bhutta and Alan Sanderson for the invitation and for being excellent hosts.
2024
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Media & engagement
2025
The EHS team do an engagement session demoing the latest prototypes to clinicians and students at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service. Thank you to Emily Arbuthnot for helping facilitate this event.
2024
Mark interviewed as an expert on haptic technology for supporting hearing in the Secret Science documentary series for ABC.Thank you to Adam Finney and Bruce Permezel at ABC.
Mark interviewed by the New York Times for an article on emerging haptic technology Thank you to Sarah Bahr and Katie Van Syckle.
Mark provide materials and advice to Good Morning Britain on ITV for a piece on cochlear implants. Thank you to Ellie Stephenson.
2023
Mark interviewed by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) on Sunday Extra. Thank you to Julian Morrow.
Mark has contributed an article to A World of Sound, a free science eBook for children. Thank you to Chris Sumner and Caryl Hart.
Mark was the expert for the ABC news article “Haptic technology creates new ways to experience music for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing” by Sam Nichols and Sam Carmody.
Mark interviewed by Newstalk for the Moncrieff show. Thank you to John Byrne Newstalk.
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Conferences & other
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Fletcher, M. (2025) A haptic aid to support lip reading. Auditory Science Meeting, Nottingham, UK.
Akis, E. (2025) Hearing via vibration: a new assistive haptic wristband to improve speech understanding. International Congress of the Mirko Tos Hearing Research Centre, Turkey.
Fletcher, M. (2024) Introducing the Mosaic 2 haptic hearing aid. Auditory Science Meeting, Cambridge, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2024) Improved tactile speech perception using audio-to-tactile sensory substitution with formant frequency focusing. Association for Research in Otolaryngology conference, Los Angeles, USA.
Fletcher, M. (2023) Haptic enhancement of auditory perception. Invited talk at University of Exeter Mathematics and Statistics department, UK.
Perry, S. & Fletcher, M. (2023) Developing a haptic hearing-assistive device to improve speech perception in hearing-impaired listeners. Basic Auditory Sciences Meeting, London, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2022) Using haptics to enhance the auditory perception of cochlear implant users.Invited talk at the Center for Music in the Brain at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Perry, S. & Fletcher, M. (2022) Using haptics to enhance listening for cochlear implant users. Hearing, Audiology and Sciences conference, Southampton, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2022) Using vibration on the wrists to enhance cochlear-implant listening. Invited talk to at the National Cochlear Implant Users Association, London, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2022) Enhancing music perception in cochlear implant users by providing missing sound-information through haptic stimulation. Invited talk at the Music & CI Symposium, Cambridge UK.
Fletcher, M. (2022) Using vibration on the wrists to enhance cochlear-implant listening. Invited talk at the Oticon “Shaping the Future” event, London, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2021) Electro-haptic hearing: Improving spatial hearing and speech-in-noise performance in cochlear implant users by presenting sound information through vibration on the wrists.Invited talk at the Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences department of University College London, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2021) Using haptic stimulation to enhance auditory perception in cochlear implant users.Invited talk at the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses.
Fletcher, M. (2021) Using haptic stimulation to enhance cochlear-implant listening. Invited talk at the Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2021) Improving cochlear implant listening by presenting sound through vibration on the skin. Guest lecture for the “Current Developments in Bioengineering” 3rd year BEng module at Nottingham Trent University School of Engineering and Technology, UK.
Fletcher, M., Cunningham, R., Zgheib, J., Verschuur, C., & Perry, S. W. (2020). Enhancing spatial hearing in cochlear implant users using vibrations on the wrists. Invited talk at the British Cochlear Implant Group Meeting 2020: Improving Hearing Healthcare in the 21st Century, Nottingham, UK.
Fletcher, M. (2020) Using vibration on the skin to improve cochlear-implant listening. Guest lecture for Nottingham Trent University School of Engineering and Technology, UK.