Abstract
The paper presents a systematic review of the relationships between auditory interfaces that use different sonification strategies and performance in tasks that require moving an object through space. The review was conducted according to PRISMA guidelines. Literature search was conducted in EBSCO, Elibrary, IEEE Xplore and Georgia Tech SMARTech Repository (for ICAD conference abstracts). Inclusion criteria: empiric studies; auditory interfaces are based on sonification; experimental tasks require participants to control an object’s spatial location; the tasks model real-world activities. Twenty-five studies described in 26 publications were included in the review. The studies were carried out in 4 domains: medicine, aviation, driving and controlling remotely operated vehicles. Auditory and auditory-visual interfaces showed better results in behavioral measures of task performance (spatial accuracy, angular accuracy, task completion time and reaction time) than visual and no interface conditions. However mental workload and effort were most frequently assessed as the same for all types of interfaces. Interfaces that used both parameter-based and spatial sonification showed the largest amount of statistically significant effects in the analysis of behavioral measures. The analysis of subjective measures showed the preference for parameter-based and spatial sonification when they were used exclusively or in conjunction. The effectiveness of auditory interfaces under mental workload is ambiguous, and can vary based on the type of the task and the ability of the users to distinguish between sounds that are used for sonification. Auditory interfaces can be used to boost the effectiveness of task performance in the field of driving vehicles (including unmanned aerial vehicles or aircraft) and moving medical tools into correct positions during surgery or other procedures. Further studies are needed to systematically compare the types of auditory interfaces.
Publisher
Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis
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