Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Visualizing Non-Speech Sounds for the Deaf

  Tara Matthews, Janette Fong, Jennifer Mankoff (2005) — Proceedings of the 7th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '05)

  This paper investigates peripheral visual displays that help people who are deaf maintain awareness of non-speech sounds in their environment — sounds like phone ringing, doorbells, knocking, fire alarms, children playing, dogs barking, and appliance…

  • deaf accessibility
  • sound visualization
  • peripheral display
  • sound recognition
  • ambient display
  • environmental sound
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • user-centered design
  • auditory display