Collaborative design of a gamified application for auditory-cognitive training
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Author(s)
Frost, Emily
Porat, Talya
Malhotra, Paresh
Picinali, Lorenzo
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Background:
Multiple gaming applications under the dementia umbrella for skills such as navigation exist, but there has yet to be an application designed specifically to investigate the role hearing loss may have in the process of cognitive decline. There is a demonstrable gap in utilising serious games to further the knowledge of the potential relationship between hearing loss and dementia.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to identify the needs, facilitators and barriers in designing a novel auditory-cognitive training gaming application.
Methods:
A participatory design approach was used to engage key stakeholders across audiology and cognitive disorders specialisms. Two rounds, including paired semi-structured interviews and focus groups were completed and thematically analysed.
Results:
18 stakeholders participated in total and 6 themes were identified to inform the next stage of the application’s development.
Conclusions:
The findings can now be implemented into the development of the beta-version of the application. The application will be evaluated against outcome measures of speech listening in noise, cognitive and attentional tasks, quality of life and usability.
Multiple gaming applications under the dementia umbrella for skills such as navigation exist, but there has yet to be an application designed specifically to investigate the role hearing loss may have in the process of cognitive decline. There is a demonstrable gap in utilising serious games to further the knowledge of the potential relationship between hearing loss and dementia.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to identify the needs, facilitators and barriers in designing a novel auditory-cognitive training gaming application.
Methods:
A participatory design approach was used to engage key stakeholders across audiology and cognitive disorders specialisms. Two rounds, including paired semi-structured interviews and focus groups were completed and thematically analysed.
Results:
18 stakeholders participated in total and 6 themes were identified to inform the next stage of the application’s development.
Conclusions:
The findings can now be implemented into the development of the beta-version of the application. The application will be evaluated against outcome measures of speech listening in noise, cognitive and attentional tasks, quality of life and usability.
Date Issued
2020-09-30
Date Acceptance
2020-08-12
Citation
JMIR Human Factors, 2020, 7 (3)
ISSN
2292-9495
Publisher
JMIR Publications
Journal / Book Title
JMIR Human Factors
Volume
7
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
©Emily Frost, Talya Porat, Paresh Malhotra, Lorenzo Picinali. Originally published in JMIR Human Factors (http://humanfactors.jmir.org), 30.09.2020.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Human Factors, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://humanfactors.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Human Factors, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://humanfactors.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
License URL
Identifier
https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/19880/accepted
Subjects
cognitive decline
hearing loss
mobile phone
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN e19713
Date Publish Online
2020-09-30