Sonification supports eyes-free respiratory monitoring and task time-sharing

M Watson, P Sanderson - Human factors, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Three experiments explored the effectiveness of continuous auditory displays, or
sonifications, for conveying information about a simulated anesthetized patient's respiration …

Designing sonification for effective attentional control in complex work domains

J Anderson, P Sanderson - Proceedings of the Human …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Complex safety-critical work domains such as anesthesia require human operators to direct
their attention appropriately. A sonification is a possible method for directing attention to …

[PDF][PDF] Earcon for intermittent information in monitoring environments

M Watson, T Gill - Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the Computer …, 2004 - Citeseer
In this paper we discuss the first of a series of experiments evaluating earcons for critical
care environments. We examine peoples' ability to monitor earcons conveying systolic and …