CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum.

McGowan, John; Leplâtre, Grégory; McGregor, Iain

Abstract

Music Therapy has been shown to be an effective intervention for clients with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that can affect people in a number of ways. This paper presents a study evaluating the use of a multimodal 3D interactive tool, CymaSense, within a series of music therapy sessions. Eight adults with ASC participated in an 8-week period using a single case experimental design approach. The study used qualitative and quantitative methodological tools for analysis within and beyond the therapy sessions. The results indicate an increase in communicative behaviours for both verbal and non-verbal participants.

Citation

McGowan, J., Leplâtre, G., & McGregor, I. (2017, October). CymaSense: a novel audio-visual therapeutic tool for people on the autism spectrum. Presented at Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - ASSETS '17

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - ASSETS '17
• Start Date: Oct 30, 2017
• End Date: Nov 1, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Jun 1, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Oct 19, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 21, 2018
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 62-71
• Book Title: ASSETS '17 Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
• ISBN: 9781450349260
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3132525.3132539
• Keywords: Information interfaces and presentation: Graphical User Interfaces (GUI); Prototyping; Screen Design; User-Centered Design; Visualization Theory, Concepts and Paradigms Keywords Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC); Assistive Technologies; Music Therapy; Inter
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1129663