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Abstract
Audio-frequency induction loops (AFILs) are commonly used as an assistive listening technology for hard-of-hearing individuals. They generate an electromagnetic field proportional to a sound source receivable by hearing aids. Our interactive system, the Sound of Space, is based on AFILs that generate a multi-dimensional soundscape in space. Cochlear implant (CI) listeners and hearing-aids wearers can experience the soundscape through bodily movement, whereas hearing individuals can experience it via a corresponding tangible device. While typical AFIL installations transmit a single sound source, in our interactive system we implement overlapping loops and their interference to locate multiple synchronised audio sources (i.e., corresponding electromagnetic fields) in space. The designed system is installed permanently in an integrative school for deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing students and teachers. In this pictorial, we illustrate our design and implementation process and contribute our learnings of using AFILs as a design material for architectural interactivity.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | DIS 2021 - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference |
Subtitle of host publication | Nowhere and Everywhere |
Place of Publication | Online |
Pages | 1201-1214 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450384766 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2021 |
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Publisher Copyright:© 2021 ACM.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- AFILs
- Audio-frequency induction loops
- architectural interactivity
- design material
- hearing loops
- long-term deployment
Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012
- 102 Computer Sciences
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- 1 Oral presentation
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Audio-Frequency Induction Loops (AFILs) as a Design Material for Architectural Interactivity: An Illustrated Guide
Economidou, E. (Speaker)
27 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art