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Designing a deformable musical surface for children with autism

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UbiComp '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct

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Children with autism with sensorimotor impairments found difficult to control their movements when responding to sensory stimuli. Neurologic music therapy, combining music and movement helps individuals with disabilities to better control their movements when following audible cues. In this paper, we present the iterative design process that led to the BendableSound prototype. BendableSound is a fabric-based multi-touch surface aimed at supporting neurologic music therapy sessions allowing children to practice movement patterns while playing music when touching the fabric We discuss the results of a preliminary evaluation showing physiologists-teachers caring for children with autism found BendableSound "easy to use" and "useful". We close discussing directions for future work.

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Designing a deformable musical surface for children with autism
1. Human-centered computing
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UbiComp '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing: Adjunct

September 2016

1807 pages

ISBN:9781450344623

DOI:10.1145/2968219

General Chairs:
Paul Lukowicz
DFKI and University of Kaiserslautern
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DFKI and Saarland University
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Max Planck Institute for Informatics
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KAIST
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Shwetak N. Patel
University of Washington

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Monarca ITentori MCibrian F(2023)Understanding the musical interaction of children with autism spectrum disorder using elastic displayPersonal and Ubiquitous Computing10.1007/s00779-022-01703-y27:5(1843-1860)Online publication date: 3-Feb-2023
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