[HTML][HTML] Designing accessible digital musical instruments for special educational needs schools—A social-ecological design framework

A Förster, N Schnell - International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 2024 - Elsevier
Digital musical instruments (DMIs) offer significant potential for use in special educational
needs (SEN) schools. DMIs can provide access to contemporary musical experiences that …

Collaborative music-making: special educational needs school assistants as facilitators in performances with accessible digital musical instruments

H Lindetorp, M Svahn, J Hölling… - Frontiers in Computer …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The field of research dedicated to Accessible Digital Musical Instruments (ADMIs) is growing
and there is an increased interest in promoting diversity and inclusion in music-making. We …

[HTML][HTML] Accessible guitar playing: Exploring participatory design of digital musical instruments in a special educational needs school

A Förster, N Schnell - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2025 - Elsevier
We present the design and evaluation of several digital musical instruments (DMIs) inspired
by practices of guitar playing using open-source technology. The DMIs were designed using …

Perspectives on musical care throughout the life course: introducing the Musical Care International Network

N Spiro, KRM Sanfilippo, BB McConnell… - Music & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper we report on the inaugural meetings of the Musical Care International Network
held online in 2022. The term “musical care” is defined by Spiro and Sanfilippo (2022) as …

Design and Research of a Sound-to-RGB Smart Acoustic Device

Z Zlatev, J Ilieva, D Orozova, G Shivacheva… - Multimodal …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a device that converts sound wave frequencies into colors to assist
people with hearing problems in solving accessibility and communication problems in the …

The purpose of radio and how it supports older adults' wellbeing

AE Krause, H Fletcher - Frontiers in Computer Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In Australia today, radio continues to draw large audiences, with high engagement among
older adults. This research investigated how radio personnel and listeners regard the …

Musical preferences of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: A participatory design with proxies

R Rushton, L Kossyvaki… - British journal of learning …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Inclusive research advocates for the involvement of people with intellectual
disabilities to be more than passive participants within the research process. Methods This …

Our Stories, Our Data: Co-designing Visualizations with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

K Wu, GJ Quadri, AZ Wang, DK Osei-Tutu… - Proceedings of the 26th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) have unique needs and
challenges when working with data. While visualization aims to make data more accessible …

Haptic Music Players for Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD): Exploring Different Modes of Interaction for Felt Sound

E Frid, C Panariello - International Congress on Acoustics (ICA), 2022 - hal.science
This paper presents a six-month exploratory case study on the evaluation of three Haptic
Music Players (HMPs) with four pre-verbal children with Profound and Multiple Learning …

Design and Evaluation of Accessible Digital Musical Instruments for Pupils with Neurodevelopmental Disorders

M Olivo, F Carrouel, E Darlington… - Sound and Music …, 2024 - hal.science
Although considerations have been proposed by some researchers, little is still known on
the design and the evaluation of Accessible digital musical instruments (ADMIs) for pupils …