Saturday, September 13, 2008

Chosen Concept

Hi guys, this is my chosen concept. it is similar to my concept idea that i had posted last week, the general idea of the users interface is similar, which helps people to measure their hearing and for the measurement unit it will be calculated by the users"hearing Age", it will also allow you to measure ambient sounds or noise pollution which might be harmful to your hearing as well as configuring your ipods sound level based on the users "hearing age".

The overall form of the device had also been slightly adjusted ~ for both part A and part B. The overall form is more rounder which gives the users more better feel when it is held in hand, although i have thought about making the shape it self more organic and complicated, but it could be visually challenging for the user and confuses them on how the device works.

finally i have also done some research based on a average persons hearing. Eg:

  • Normal hearing
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  • Mild hearing loss = 25-40 db HL
  • Moderate hearing loss = 41-65 dB Hl
  • Severe hearing loss = 66-90 db HL
  • Profound hearing loss = 90+db HL
The hearing level (HL) is quantified relative to "normal" hearing in decibels (dB).
"http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/testing/hearing_test.htm"

- Beichen Nan

2 comments:

Student Contributor said...

i love it!
very detailed however, you're going to experiment with diff colours right?
-ANnie

Student Contributor said...

hey mate gunna say it again love your sketches and marker work impressive, like the idea maybe the drawin could have some sort of indication of how the user holds it or interacts with it. good work though

Jason T