Mapping the site

Talked to Sue and she told me how I’ve been overthinking everything that’s why I haven’t settled on my design concept yet. After talking with her I think I will stick to designing a cinema space. exploring visual noise and possibly integrating haptics into it. Also, in my written feedback by Vena he mentioned how I should explore more on a multi-sensory experience using colours, shadows, and vibrations to help people with hearing limitations better understand or be alert to their surroundings.

“significant limitations to CIs remain, with users often having considerable difficulties locating and segregating sounds [2,3]. Similar issues are experienced by hearing aid users, though to a lesser extent [3,4].”

Mark D. Fletcher (2021) Using haptic stimulation to enhance auditory perception in hearing-impaired listeners,Expert Review of Medical Devices, 18:1, 63-74, DOI: 10.1080/17434440.2021.1863782

“One of the comments received from a profoundly deaf user when the Haptic Chair was no longer available (“I am going to be deaf again”), poignantly expressed the level of impact it had made.”

This article addresses whether the combination of visibility and touch enhances the hearing experience of those hard of hearing.

this clearly expresses the impact it had made towards those hard of hearing. They find other ways to make up for the the set they are lacking to be able to understand a full picture that everyone else experiences.

Suranga Chandima Nanayakkara, Lonce Wyse, S. H. Ong & Elizabeth A. Taylor (2013) Enhancing Musical Experience for the Hearing-Impaired Using Visual and Haptic Displays, Human–Computer Interaction, 28:2, 115-160, DOI: 10.1080/07370024.2012.697006

Incorporating speakers under the floor to create vibrations at the feet to really indulge into the scene ahead. Feeling the show/performance reasonates with the human mind more than just being able to see it on its own.