SOUNDscapes: A dashboard for promoting a healthy sound environment inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Simone Spagnol; Núria Viñas Vila; Almila Akdag Salah; Tom G. Goos; Elif Özcan

doi:10.61782/fa.2023.0903

SOUNDscapes: A dashboard for promoting a healthy sound environment inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Simone Spagnol
, Núria Viñas Vila
, Almila Akdag Salah
, Tom G. Goos
, Elif Özcan^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Sub Human-Centered Computing

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Abstract

According to recent studies, the number of auditory alarms and other sound disturbances has a significant negative impact on both the health of patients and the performance of medical staff in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). This paper presents SOUNDscapes, a digital platform concept where sound events occurring within the NICU are localized and visually mapped. The platform displays the NICU soundscape in real time and assesses the quality of the environment by two main visualizations, i.e., sound level trends and constellation map. The main goal of providing real-time feedback is to make healthcare operators aware of specific (sound) behaviors and their consequences by assessing and observing their collective impact on the unit, ultimately triggering a behavior change. The SOUNDscapes concept and visualizations have been evaluated through expert interviews and a user test with healthcare professionals. Results show that SOUNDscapes provides informative data and powerful visualizations. However, providing information is not enough unless such information becomes actionable.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Forum Acusticum 2023 - 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023
Publisher	European Acoustics Association
Pages	4855-4862
ISBN (Electronic)	9788888942674
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0903
Publication status	Published - 14 Sept 2023
Event	10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023 - Torino, Italy Duration: 11 Sept 2023 → 15 Sept 2023

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Name	Proceedings of Forum Acusticum
ISSN (Print)	2221-3767

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Conference	10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	11/09/23 → 15/09/23

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© 2023 Simone Spagnol et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Keywords

evidence-based design
neonatal intensive care unit
noise reduction
sound-driven design
soundscape dashboard

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Spagnol, S., Vila, N. V., Salah, A. A., Goos, T. G., & Özcan, E. (2023). SOUNDscapes: A dashboard for promoting a healthy sound environment inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In Forum Acusticum 2023 - 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023 (pp. 4855-4862). (Proceedings of Forum Acusticum). European Acoustics Association. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0903

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Spagnol, S, Vila, NV, Salah, AA, Goos, TG & Özcan, E 2023, SOUNDscapes: A dashboard for promoting a healthy sound environment inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. in Forum Acusticum 2023 - 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum, European Acoustics Association, pp. 4855-4862, 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023, Torino, Italy, 11/09/23. https://doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0903

SOUNDscapes: A dashboard for promoting a healthy sound environment inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. / Spagnol, Simone; Vila, Núria Viñas; Salah, Almila Akdag et al.
Forum Acusticum 2023 - 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association, EAA 2023. European Acoustics Association, 2023. p. 4855-4862 (Proceedings of Forum Acusticum).

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