The design and implementation of non-verbal auditory warnings. Export

@article{citeulike:5984961, abstract = {There are many common problems in the use of non-verbal auditory warnings in the working environment. They are often too loud, too numerous, and they are frequently confusing. These problems have a range of consequences, many of them serious. However, there now exist a number of guidelines and sets of experimental data that address these problems and provide fairly comprehensive solutions. In this article the underlying problems are highlighted, and the guidelines and research that have addressed the central issues of correct loudness levels and psychological appropriateness, particularly warning confusion and 'urgency mapping', are reviewed and evaluated. It is argued that a proper ergonomics approach to auditory warning design and implementation is not a luxury, but a necessity. A number of projects in which advanced, ergonomic auditory warning systems have been developed are described in detail, and some new research questions are proposed.}, author = {Edworthy, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {5984961}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15676970}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15676970}, issn = {0003-6870}, journal = {Applied ergonomics}, keywords = {acceptability, acoustics, alert, attention, auditory\_warnings, categorization, confusability, design, distinguishable, effectivness, ergonomics, evaluation, feasability, function, implementation, informing, level\_of\_compliance, meaning, melody, mnemonics, non-verbal, number\_of\_alarms, psychoacoustics, response\_speed, rythm, short\_bursts\_of\_sound, short\_pulses\_of\_sound, silence, speech, startle, understandning, urgency\_mapping, warning\_philosophy}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {202--210}, posted-at = {2009-10-22 15:49:21}, priority = {0}, title = {The design and implementation of non-verbal auditory warnings.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15676970}, volume = {25}, year = {1994} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5984961 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5984961 N2 - There are many common problems in the use of non-verbal auditory warnings in the working environment. They are often too loud, too numerous, and they are frequently confusing. These problems have a range of consequences, many of them serious. However, there now exist a number of guidelines and sets of experimental data that address these problems and provide fairly comprehensive solutions. In this article the underlying problems are highlighted, and the guidelines and research that have addressed the central issues of correct loudness levels and psychological appropriateness, particularly warning confusion and 'urgency mapping', are reviewed and evaluated. It is argued that a proper ergonomics approach to auditory warning design and implementation is not a luxury, but a necessity. A number of projects in which advanced, ergonomic auditory warning systems have been developed are described in detail, and some new research questions are proposed. IS - 4 JF - Applied ergonomics SN - 0003-6870 EP - 210 TI - The design and implementation of non-verbal auditory warnings. VL - 25 SP - 202 KW - acceptability KW - acoustics KW - alert KW - attention KW - auditory_warnings KW - categorization KW - confusability KW - design KW - distinguishable KW - effectivness KW - ergonomics KW - evaluation KW - feasability KW - function KW - implementation KW - informing KW - level_of_compliance KW - meaning KW - melody KW - mnemonics KW - non-verbal KW - number_of_alarms KW - psychoacoustics KW - response_speed KW - rythm KW - short_bursts_of_sound KW - short_pulses_of_sound KW - silence KW - speech KW - startle KW - understandning KW - urgency_mapping KW - warning_philosophy AU - Edworthy, J PY - 1994/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15676970 ER -