USER CENTRED DESIGN OF AN ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SWITCH TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE, ACCESSIBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Dorrington, P.; Mihoc, A.
Series: DESIGN
Section: HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN
Page(s): 481-490
Abstract
This research adopts a user centred approach to explore the needs of standalone switch users with severely limited movement in their home environment. Inductive coding and a facilitated rapid contextual design process organised raw user data into 100+ infinity notes, divided into 22 segments, highlighting the ‘voice of the user’. Reviewed findings resulted in 3 key themes: Technology Push; Contextual Observation; and Voice of the Users. The paper provides a new application of known methods and tools to revise the Product Design Specification to include user input, and inform future products.
Keywords: user centred design, EMG, environmental controls