TY - GEN
T1 - Tactile Dialogues
T2 - 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2015
AU - Schelle, Kimberly Johanna
AU - Naranjo, Carolina Gomez
AU - Ten Bhömer, Martijn
AU - Tomico, Oscar
AU - Wensveen, Stephan
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/1/15
Y1 - 2015/1/15
N2 - This article describes tests that have been conducted with Tactile Dialogues, a textile pillow that can react to touch with vibrotactile stimuli and haptic sensations. Tactile Dialogues is designed to stimulate movement and interpersonal contact for patients in the late stages of dementia, their family members and their caregivers. The most recent prototype of the pillow has been tested during 15 separate visits of family members or caregivers with patients. The aim of these tests is to find out whether personalization of the vibrotactile stimuli is appreciated over a mirroring vibrotactile behavior. We propose a three-scale measurement to help family members and caregivers examine the responses of the patient: muscular relaxation, physical movement and interpersonal contact. Through the semi-structured interviews we identified that family members and caregivers do appreciate the opportunity to personalize the vibrotactile behavior and that the pillow mainly functions as a way to establish communication with the patient.
AB - This article describes tests that have been conducted with Tactile Dialogues, a textile pillow that can react to touch with vibrotactile stimuli and haptic sensations. Tactile Dialogues is designed to stimulate movement and interpersonal contact for patients in the late stages of dementia, their family members and their caregivers. The most recent prototype of the pillow has been tested during 15 separate visits of family members or caregivers with patients. The aim of these tests is to find out whether personalization of the vibrotactile stimuli is appreciated over a mirroring vibrotactile behavior. We propose a three-scale measurement to help family members and caregivers examine the responses of the patient: muscular relaxation, physical movement and interpersonal contact. Through the semi-structured interviews we identified that family members and caregivers do appreciate the opportunity to personalize the vibrotactile behavior and that the pillow mainly functions as a way to establish communication with the patient.
KW - Dementia
KW - Haptic communication
KW - Personalization
KW - Smart textiles
KW - Vibrotactile communication
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84924040582&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2677199.2687894
DO - 10.1145/2677199.2687894
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84924040582
T3 - TEI 2015 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
SP - 637
EP - 642
BT - TEI 2015 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 15 January 2015 through 19 January 2015
ER -