Dr Saima Rajasingam

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Deputy Head of School (Resources & External Engagement)

Vision and Eye Research Institute

Faculty:
Faculty of Science and Engineering
School:
Psychology, Sport and Sensory Sciences
Location:
Cambridge
Areas of Expertise:
Health, social care and medical innovation
Research Supervision:
Yes

Saima is an audiologist and researcher whose work centres on improving access to audiology services and ]] development of evidence-based pathways to support both adults and children with sensory difficulties.

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Background

Following her graduation with a BSc (Hons) in Audiology from University College London, Saima obtained her PhD in Auditory Perception at Aston University. She is an AHCS-registered Audiologist and HCPC-registered Hearing Aid Dispenser, with experience in the NHS and private sector.

She has experience providing education to students on full-time and work-based learning courses (including apprenticeships), providing a broad understanding of their differing requirements and needs of the sector. She maintains her clinical practice at Cubex Audiology and is a Fellow of the British Society of Audiology (FBSA). Saima is currently Vice Chair of the British Academy of Audiology.

Research interests

Saima’s research interests include auditory stream segregation and speech-in-noise perception, deafblindness, improving access to hearing healthcare for adults and children, and healthcare workforce development. She is a member of the Research Centre for Better Living at ARU, and the Cambridge Hearing Group.

Areas of research supervision
  • Healthcare workforce planning
  • Auditory rehabilitation
  • Multisensory perception
  • Deafblindness
  • Hearing technologies
  • Promoting help-seeking amongst people at risk of hearing loss
Teaching
Qualifications
  • PhD in Auditory Perception (Cognitive Neuroscience) Aston University
  • BSc (Hons) in Audiology, University College London
Memberships, editorial boards
  • Vice President of the British Academy of Audiology
  • AHCS-registered Audiologist
  • HCPC-registered Hearing Aid Dispenser
Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

(2025-6) NHS Workforce Planning Tool funded by ESNEFT

(2023-5) PhD studentship to improve social and academic success for children with dual sensory impairment match-funded by Deafblind UK

(2023-4) Hearing health offering consultancy for Widex UK.

Selected recent publications

MacKinnon, R.C., Smith, L., López Sánchez, G.F., Pizzol, D., Allen, P., Rajasingam, S., Pardhan, S., Soysal, P., Veronese, N., Butler, L. and Barnett, Y., 2025. Association Between Unclean Cooking Fuel Use and Hearing Problems Among Adults Aged≥ 65 Years, a Cross‐Sectional Study. Health Science Reports, 8(4), p.e70717. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70717

Manford, C., Allen, P.M., Beukes, E. and Rajasingam, S., 2025. Amplifying their voices: developing participatory research approaches with deafblind children and young people. Educational Action Research, 33(1), pp.115-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/09650792.2024.2409088

Manford, C., Rajasingam, S., Allen, P.M. and Beukes, E., 2024. The barriers to and facilitators of academic and social success for deafblind children and young people: A scoping review. British Journal of Special Education, 51(3), pp.332-346. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12537

Tsimpida, D., Rajasingam, S., Panagioti, M. and Henshaw, H., 2024. The leaky pipeline of hearing care: primary to secondary care evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). International Journal of Audiology, 63(5), pp.349-357.. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2023.2186814

Parmar, B. J., Rajasingam, S., Bizley, J. K., Vickers, D. A., 2022. Factors Affecting the Use of Speech Testing in Adult Audiology. American Journal of Audiology, 31(3), pp. 528–540. doi: 10.1044/2022_AJA-21-00233

Eikelboom, R. H., Bennett, R. J., Manchaiah, V., Parmar, B., Beukes, E., Rajasingam, S. L., Swanepoel, W., 2021. International survey of audiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: use of and attitudes to telehealth. International Journal of Audiology, 61(4), pp. 283-292. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1957160. PMID: 34369845 (Impact Factor = 1.832)

Rajasingam, S. L., Summers, R. J., Roberts, B., 2021. The dynamics of auditory stream segregation: Effects of sudden changes in frequency, level, or modulation. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(6), pp. 3769-3784. doi: 10.1121/10.0005049.

Parmer, B., Beukes, E., Rajasingam, S. L., 2021. The impact of COVID-19 on provision of UK audiology services and on attitudes towards delivery of telehealth services. International Journal of Audiology. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1921292.

Rajasingam, S. L., Summers, R. J., Roberts, B., 2018. Stream biasing by different induction sequences: Evaluating stream capture as an account of the segregation-promoting effects of constant-frequency inducers. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(6), 3409. PMID 30599694. doi: 10.1121/1.5082300.