Synopsis / Objectives

User-centred approach to auditory alarm redesign Improving hospital soundscapes Making alarms more detectable, localisable and immune to masking Reducing staff fatigue and patient stress

Main achievements

Survey of noise in Portuguese operating rooms Tools for acoustic prototyping and auditory alarm design Optimisation of listening tests for sound design New set of auditory alarm icons according to updated IEC60601-1-8 Neurophysiological and behavioural validation studies

IEETA Coordinator

• Guilherme Campos

  (PI)

Partners

UM (Algoritmi) / CCG

Reference

PTDC/PSI-GER/31943/2017

Funded by

FCT

Duration

June 1, 2018 - May 1, 2022

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