Literature Reviews

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

• Towards Inclusive External Human-Machine Interface: Exploring the Effects of Visual and Auditory eHMI for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People

  Wenge Xu, Foroogh Hajiseyedjavadi, Kurtis Weir, Chukwuemeka Eze, Mark Colley (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper is a companion to Xu et al. 2026 (10.1145/3772318.3791557) but with a broader, two-stage inclusive-design focus: selecting appropriate visual eHMI concepts for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) pedestrians and then evaluating how vis…

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • external human-machine interface
  • automated vehicles
  • pedestrian safety
  • multimodal interaction
  • accessibility
  • virtual reality
  • focus groups
  • inclusive design

• Exploring the Impacts of Background Noise on Auditory Stimuli of Audio-Visual eHMIs for Hearing, Deaf, and Hard-of-Hearing People

  Wenge Xu, Foroogh Hajiseyedjavadi, Debargha Dey, Tram Thi Minh Tran, Mark Colley (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  This CHI 2026 paper investigates a critical but overlooked accessibility question in the design of external Human-Machine Interfaces (eHMIs) for automated vehicles (AVs): how do Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) pedestrians experience audio-visual eHMIs…

  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • external human-machine interface
  • automated vehicles
  • pedestrian safety
  • multimodal interaction
  • accessibility
  • virtual reality
  • auditory icons