Literature Reviews

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

3 results found tagged health informatics.

LyreFlute: Sensor-Based Musical Experience for COPD Rehabilitation

Andreia Valente, Claudio Cotto, Mark Billinghurst, Kunal Gupta (2026) — Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '26)

LyreFlute is a sensor-equipped musical instrument paired with a 3D rhythm game that reframes at-home COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) breathing exercises as a culturally grounded, narrative-driven experience. The authors motivate the work…
Health Data Visualization Literacy Skills of Young Adults with Down Syndrome and the Barriers to Inference-making

Rachel Wood, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Jonathan Lazar (2024) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

This exploratory study is the first to examine how young adults with Down Syndrome read and interpret health data visualizations (HDVs). The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with ten participants (ages 16-29) as they viewed six differ…
Scribe: Improving Older Adults' Access to Medical Instructions from Patient-Physician Conversations

Hilda Karimi, Jasprabhjit Bora, Martin Hammond (2021) — Proceedings of the 18th International Web for All Conference (W4A '21)

This paper presents Scribe, a mobile prototype designed to help older adults access, organize, and recall medical information shared during doctor's visits. The research addresses a significant accessibility challenge: older patients, particularly th…