Sound as a supportive design intervention for improving health care experience in the clinical ecosystem: A qualitative study

Iyendo, Timothy Onosahwo

doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.08.004

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“…Another laboratory experimental study showed a positive change in patients’ cognitive response (i.e., interest and understanding) after exposure to hospital ward soundscape clips combined with bird singing and babbling stream [24]. A review paper referring to sound interventions in the clinic environment also suggested that pleasant natural sound intervention, which includes singing birds, gentle wind, and ocean waves, had benefits that contributed to perceived restoration of attention in patients and staff [25]. Therefore, the restorative potentials of soundscapes on cognition have been widely reported by previous research.…”

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Restorative Effects of Classroom Soundscapes on Children’s Cognitive Performance

Shu

2019

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Previous studies have examined the restorative benefits of soundscapes on adults’ cognitive performance, but it was unclear whether those benefits would be possible for children. In this paper, two experiments applied a before–after design to explore the restorative effects of different soundscapes on children’s sustained attention and short-term memory, respectively, in a simulated classroom situation. In Experiment 1, 46 children aged 8–12 were first mentally fatigued by performing an oral arithmetic task and then were asked to conduct a sustained attention to response test (SART), in order to assess their attention fatigue. After that, a period of 3-min soundscape was presented, and SART was conducted again to examine their attention recovery. In Experiment 2, 45 children participated and the experiment procedure was the same as in Experiment 1, except that a digit span test (DST) was used instead to measure short-term memory. The results showed that music, birdsong, fountain sound, and stream sound facilitated greater recovery than other sounds in reaction time. Participants also showed better performance in short-term memory after exposure to fountain sound and stream sound, followed by music and birdsong. Those results confirmed the actual restorative effects of perceived restorative soundscapes on children’s cognitive performance.

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Restorative Effects of Classroom Soundscapes on Children’s Cognitive Performance

Shu

2019

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“…Health care acoustics are being increasingly recognized as a key design factor in the well-being of residents in institutional care settings. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Industry reports are now beginning to factor in the experience of sound in environmental design guidelines. 8 Researchers have focused on the role of sound in dementia care, measuring the impact of sound environments on emotional well-being and on challenging behaviours.…”

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“…30,31 The experience of long-term care is unique. [1][2][3][4][5]13 Long-term care is not just a temporary hospital stay before returning home to primary relationships; long-term care is for the duration of life and becomes the primary social arena. The social dimensions of the acoustical environment in long-term care require attention.…”

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Long-term care as contested acoustical space: Exploring resident relationships and identitiesinsound

Graham

2019

Building Acoustics

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As the global population ages, residential care facilities are challenged to create positive living environments for people in later life. Health care acoustics are increasingly recognized as a key design factor in the experience of well-being for long-term care residents; however, acoustics are being conceptualized predominantly within the medical model. Just as the modern hospital battles disease with technology, sterility and efficiency, health care acoustics are receiving similar treatment. Materialist efforts towards acoustical separation evoke images of containment, quarantine and control, as if sound was something to be isolated. Sound becomes part of the contested space of long-term care that exists in tension between hospital and home. The move towards acoustical separation denies the social significance of sound in residents’ lives. Sound does not displace care; it emplaces care and the social relationships therein. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork in a Canadian long-term care facility, this article will use a phenomenological lens to explore how relationships are shaped in sound among residents living in long-term care. Ethnographic vignettes illustrate how the free flow of music through the care unit incited collective engagement among residents, reduced barriers to sharing social space and constructed new social identity. The article concludes that residents’ relationships are shaped within the acoustical milieu of the care unit and that to impose acoustical separation between residents’ living spaces may further isolate residents who are already at risk of loneliness.

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“…In a care setting where the use of sounds is considered, music therapy is an example of the behavior influencing potential of attended sounds. Music has been shown to give a manifold of positive effects, ranging from more physiological effects (arouse body temperature, reduce muscle tension, lower blood pressure, enhance depth breathing, elevate brain waves) to emotional or functional effects (influence emotion, decrease depression/improve mood, increase endurance and productivity, decrease anger, improve memory and learning, enhance sleep quality) [26,27]. Considering the emotional response, music is able to influence the mood and the emotions of a person and the 'Musical Mood Induction Procedure' (MMIP) [17] has gained a lot of attention and has shown that combined specific characteristics of the different musical elements (mode, tempo, pitch, rhythm, harmony and loudness) give rise to a range of emotional expressions (serious, sad, fear, serene, humorous, happy, exciting and majestic).…”

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Designing Supportive Soundscapes for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Devos

Aletta

Thomas

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Sound and its resulting soundscape is a major appraisal component of the living environment. Where environmental sounds (e.g., outdoor traffic sounds) are often perceived as negative, a soundscape (e.g., containing natural sounds) can also have a positive effect on health and well-being. This supportive effect of a soundscape is getting increasing attention for use in practice. This paper addresses the design of a supportive sonic environment for persons with dementia in nursing homes. Starting from a review of key mechanisms related to sonic perception, cognitive deficits and related behavior, a framework is derived for the composition of a sonic environment for persons with dementia. The proposed framework is centered around using acoustic stimuli for influencing mood, stimulating the feeling of safety and triggering a response in a person. These stimuli are intended to be deployed as added sounds in a nursing home to improve the well-being and behavior of the residents.

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Sound as a supportive design intervention for improving health care experience in the clinical ecosystem: A qualitative study

Cited by 36 publications

References 213 publications

Restorative Effects of Classroom Soundscapes on Children’s Cognitive Performance

Restorative Effects of Classroom Soundscapes on Children’s Cognitive Performance

Long-term care as contested acoustical space: Exploring resident relationships and identitiesinsound

Designing Supportive Soundscapes for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

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