Three experiments explored the effectiveness of continuous auditory displays, or sonifications, for conveying information about a simulated anesthetized patient's respiration. Experiment 1 established an effective respiratory sonification. Experiment 2 showed an effect of expertise in the use of respiratory sonification and revealed that some apparent differences in sonification effectiveness c...

We use sonification of temporal information extracted from scalp EEG to characterize the dynamic properties of rhythms in certain frequency bands. Sonification proves particularly useful in the simultaneous monitoring of several EEG channels. Our results suggest sonification as an important tool in the analysis of multivariate data with subtle correlation differences.

In this report the effects of using sonification when performing movements in 3D space are explored. User studies were performed where participants had to repeatedly move their hand toward a target. Three different sonification modes were tested where the fundamental frequency, sound level and sound rate were varied respectively depending on the distance to the target. The results show that the...

Concurrent feedback provided during acquisition can enhance performance of novel tasks. The 'guidance hypothesis' predicts that feedback provision leads to dependence and poor performance in its absence. However, appropriately structured feedback information provided through sound ('sonification') may not be subject to this effect. We test this directly using a rhythmic bimanual shape-tracing t...

We present a novel approach to the sonification of complex human movement. As a specific model we examine the golf swing, of which two components, the velocity of the club head and the relative rotation of shoulders with respect to the hips (the X-factor [1]) are considered as two critical factors [2]. We map these dimensions to independent resonant filters to simulate vowel like formants. We c...

Abstract To explore intersections of art and science is to acknowledge that there are differing degrees knowing, understanding experience. This article describes three data sonification projects the author worked on using datasets from researchers. The sonifications were created be used within scientifically informed musical performances by Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart. posed particu...

This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a sonification system, which gives real-time auditory feedback to a performer who is carrying out moves on sports equipment called a German wheel. The paper starts with a brief description of different German wheel move categories and of relevant research on movement sonification to present how these motivated some of our design d...

Designing sonifications requires knowledge in many domains including sound design, sonification design, and programming. Thus end users typically do not create sonifications on their own, but instead work with sonification experts to iteratively co-design their systems. However, once a sonification system is deployed there is little a user can do to make adjustments. In this work, we present an...

Recently, auditory display has become quite popular together with visualization in order to present data or send feedback in different contexts. Psychological studies have concluded that it is really intuitive for the human brain to react to sounds, therefore, the concept of sonification has started to be used in sports and other activities that require a good body coordination and technique. T...

This paper reports on an interdisciplinary research project on sonification called SonEnvir. We have begun working with five scientific disciplines in order to produce sonification prototypes that have practical and scientific value for these disciplines. These prototypes provide us with a body of approaches that will be integrated into a generalized sonification environment, and they serve as ...