Auditory display is the presentation of information through sound. It involves translating data into sound that can be heard. There are different types of auditory display including audification, sonification, auditory icons, earcons, and spearcons. Principles of effective auditory display include compatibility, approximation, dissociability, parsimony, and invariance. Auditory display is best used for simple, short messages that require immediate action, while visual display is better for complex, long messages. Frequency, modulation, intensity, and separating warning sounds can improve auditory display effectiveness. An online hearing test is available from the hearing aid company ReSound.
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Google WHAT IS AUDITORY DISPLAY?
● Auditory display is the use of speech or non-
speech sound to present information.
● It is where information is presented to you via
your ears.
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Google HOW WE HEAR SOUND?
● S T E P 1 : S ound transfers into the ear canal and causes the eardrum
to move.
● S T E P 2 : T he eardrum will vib rate with vib rates with the different
sounds.
● S T E P 3 : T hese sound vib rations mak e their way throug h the
ossicles to the cochlea.
● S T E P 4 : S ound vib rations mak e the fluid in the cochlea travel lik e
ocean waves
● S T E P 5 : M ovement of fluid in turn mak es the hair cells. T he
auditory nerve pick s up any neural sig nals created b y the hair cells. H air
cells at one end of the cochlea transfer low pitch sound information and hair
cells at the opposite end transfer hig h pitch sound information.
● S T E P 6 : T he auditory nerve moves signals to the brain where they
are then translated into recognizable and meaningful sounds. It is the brain
that “hears”.
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Google TYPES OF AUDITORY DISPLAY
• AU D IF IC AT IO N - A direct translation
of a data waveform to the audib le domain for
purposes of monitoring and comprehension.
E x ample: S eismog ram
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Google TYPES OF AUDITORY DISPLAY
• S O N IF IC AT IO N - T he use
of data to control a sound parameter
for the purpose of monitoring and
analysis of data.
E x ample: M orse C ode
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Google TYPES OF SONIFICATION
• Auditory Icons- are natural sounds whose
natural associations are used to map with
the data.
E x ample: OS X’s T rash can sound
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Google TYPES OF SONIFICATION
• E arcons- are ab stract, musical tones used
in structured comb inations to create sound
messag es.
E x ample: S ound for D ifferent W eather
C onditions
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Google TYPES OF AUDITORY DISPLAY
• S P E AR C O N S - are a comb ination
of speech and earcons in that they consist of
speeding up a spok en phrase (very
recog niz ab le) until it is not recog niz ed
as speech (more lik e an icon).
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SPEECH
+
EARCONS
=
SPEARCONS
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Google EXAMPLES OF AUDITORY DISPLAY
• Auditory information displays are
commonplace in the speech we g enerate and
hear, the radios/music we listen to, the
T V 's we watch, etc.
• F req uently used for alerting , warning s,
and alarms-situations in which the information
occurs randomly and req uires immediate
attention.
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Google WHERE DID “HELLO” CAME FROM?
• Hello is the common greeting we use when picking
up the phone, but it wasn’t always that way.
Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the
telephone, suggested using “ahoy” when answering
the phone. It was actually Thomas Edison who
suggested using “hello”.
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Google The Word “Telephone” Was Used Before The Telephone Existed
• The word “telephone” was first used in 1 8 2 8 b y
a man named F rancois S udre to describ e his
invention, which was a musical sig naling device.
L ater on, the term was also applied to the phone as
we k now it.
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23. CAR HORN/ BEEP SOUND
Information: Signals or warn others of a vehicle's approach or presence.
Signals the driver about any electrical malfunction in the car.
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Google GENERAL PRINCIPLES
• C ompatib ility - M ak e use of pre-ex isting
stimulus-response relationships which may b e
natural, learned, or population stereotypes.
(1 ) O rienting reflex - reflex to turn to the source of a sound
(stimulus)
(2 ) L earned- E x amples are sirens which are learned to b e
associated with an emerg ency
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Google GENERAL PRINCIPLES
• Approx imation- C omplex messag es should
b e presented in two stag e sig nals:
(1 ) Attention D emanding S ig nal - to capture
attention.
(2 ) D esig nation S ig nal - with precise messag e
information.
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Google GENERAL PRINCIPLES
• D issociab ility - Auditory sig nal must b e
discernib le from other noise, especially
multiple auditory sig nals
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Google GENERAL PRINCIPLES
• Invariance - S ame sig nal or
messag e should desig nate the same
information in all situations to avoid
confusion lik e that b etween
"priority" and "emerg ency"
information.
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PRIORITY EMERGENCY
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Google WHEN TO USE THE AUDITORY VERSUS VISUAL FORM OF PRESENTATION
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Use auditory presentation if:
a. The message is simple.
b. The message is short.
c. The message will not be
referred to later.
d. The message deals with events
in time.
e. The message calls for
immediate action.
f. The visual system of the person
is overburdened.
g. The receiving location is too
bright or dark adaptation
integrity is necessary.
h. The person's job requires him
or her to move about
continually.
Use visual presentation if:
a. The message is complex.
b. The message is long.
c. The message will be referred to
later.
d. The message deals with
location in space.
e. The message does not call for
immediate action.
f. The auditory system of the
person is overburdened.
g. The receiving location is too
noisy.
h. The person's job allows him or
her to remain in one position.
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Google USING AUDITORY DISPLAY EFFECTIVELY
• U se freq uencies b etween 2 0 0 - 5 K hz . P referred rang e is b etween
5 0 0 and 3 K hz the most sensitive rang e for hearing .
• U se freq uencies b elow 1 0 0 0 H z when the sig nal has to travel more than
1 0 0 0 feet.
• U se freq uencies b elow 5 0 0 H z when the sig nal has to pass throug h
partitions or "b end around" ob stacles.
• U se modulated sig nal (1 - 8 b eeps/sec, warb le 1 - 3 /sec)
• U se sig nals with freq uencies different from b ack g round noise to avoid
mask ing .
• F or choice situations, use moderate intensity easily discriminab le freq uency or
amplitude sig nals (b ut not too many).
• W here possib le use separate auditory warning system which is different from
other auditory sig nals.
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R eS ound is a provider of hearing
aids and accessories, represented in
more than 1 0 0 countries.
H eadq uartered in B allerup,
D enmark , R eS ound is part of
G N S tore N ord, along side
other b rands such as J ab ra,
B eltone and Interton.
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