Document Type
Article
Date
12-2017
Keywords
Agency, deafness, disability, human/machine collaboration, interface design, writing
Language
English
Disciplines
Digital Humanities | Other English Language and Literature | Other Rhetoric and Composition | Other Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description/Abstract
This study examines design aspects that shape human/machine collaboration between wearers of smart hearing aids and their networked aids. The Starkey Halo hearing aid and the TruLink iPhone app that facilitates real-time adjustments by the wearer offer a case study in designing for this sort of collaboration and for the wearer’s rhetorical management of disability disclosure in social contexts. Through close textual analysis of the company’s promotional materials for patient and professional audiences as well as interface analysis and autoethnography, I examine the ways that close integration between the wearer, onboard algorithms and hardware, and geolocative telemetry shape everyday interactions in multiple hearing situations. Reliance on ubiquitous, familiar hardware such as smart phones and intuitive interface design can drive patient comfort and adoption rates of these complex technologies that influence cognitive health, social connectedness, and crucial information access. Categories and Subject
ISSN
2166-1642
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, Krista, "Designing for Human-Machine Collaboration: Smart Hearing Aids as Wearable Technologies" (2017). Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition - All Scholarship. 16.
https://surface.syr.edu/wp/16
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