Dr. Sheila Flanagan

Dr. Sheila Flanagan is a research associate in the Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge.
Her research interests are in auditory processing, and the developmental trajectory of typical and atypical auditory perception. Projects have included electrophysiological, behavioral, psycho-acoustic, and signal processing methods. Participant groups have included: infants to elderly; dyslexic and typically developing; mild-Moderate hearing loss; auditory processing disorder.
Sheila has a background in electronic engineering, and an MSc. in Music Technology from the University of York. She researched for her PhD. in the Auditory Perception Group, University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Brian C.J. Moore, looking at the effects of different types of acoustic radiator on timbre perception. After that, as a Daphne Jackson Fellow in the Centre for Neuroscience in Education, a research project “Music, Rhythm and Developmental Dyslexia: Investigating amplitude envelope sensitivity”. She is currently working on a 5 year longitudinal project with Professor Usha Goswami, looking at low frequency speech envelope encoding in developmental dyslexia.