Safe & sound: laying the foundation for alarm design in critical contexts
- Autores: Rosana Sanz Segura
- Directores de la Tesis: Eduardo Manchado Pérez (dir. tes.), Elif Özcan (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universidad de Zaragoza ( España ) en 2021
- Idioma: español
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- Resumen
Designing sounds for critical contexts is a problem of well-positioning and understanding the complexity of audible alarms, beyond their psychoacoustic assessment. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to investigate the basic requirements for designing audible alarms to be used in today’s socio-technological contexts. This objective is addressed across an extensive qualitative inquiry of the Intensive Care Unit environment, by means of literature review, field observations, experts interviews, and focus groups.
The findings from these studies result in: i) a comprehensive and unifying overview of the many aspects entangled in the understanding and design of audible alarms in complex environments wherein humans coexist with technology; ii) the positioning of the alarm design practice at the crossroad of system engineering, information design and human factors; and iii) the linking of previously unexplored relationships between related disciplines that usually operate independently of each other. Overall, the work compiled here contributes to the knowledge required to understand and be prepared for alarm design for critical contexts. This thesis will inform future generations of designers, academic researchers and also practitioners and policy makers in order to gain knowledge on the complex nature of audible alarm design.
This PhD thesis has been carried out in the University of Zaragoza (Spain), and in collaboration with the Critical Alarms Lab (CAL) of TU Delft in the Netherlands.
