
How the noises of a hospital can become a healing soundscape
Noises pervade and create the hospital environment. How could they be transformed into a soundscape for care and healing?
by Victoria Bates
Victoria Bates is associate professor in modern medical history at the University of Bristol. She was awarded a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship for the project Sensing Spaces of Healthcare: Rethinking the NHS Hospital. Her recent book is Making Noise in the Modern Hospital (2021).