TY - JOUR
T1 - Adding Sound Transparency to a Spacesuit
T2 - Effect on Cognitive Performance in Females
AU - Berengueres, Jose
AU - Alkuwaiti, Mariam
AU - Abduljabbar, Mohamed
AU - Taher, Fatma
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Spacesuits may block external sound. This induces sensory deprivation; a side effect is lower cognitive performance. This can increase the risk of an accident. This undesirable effect can be mitigated by designing suits with sound transparency. If the atmosphere is available, as on Mars, sound transparency can be realized by augmenting and processing external sounds. If no atmosphere is available, such as on the Moon, then an Earth-like sound can be re-created via generative AR techniques. We measure the effect of adding sound transparency in an Intra-Vehicular Activity suit by means of the Koh Block test. The results indicate that participants complete the test more quickly when wearing a suit with sound transparency.
AB - Spacesuits may block external sound. This induces sensory deprivation; a side effect is lower cognitive performance. This can increase the risk of an accident. This undesirable effect can be mitigated by designing suits with sound transparency. If the atmosphere is available, as on Mars, sound transparency can be realized by augmenting and processing external sounds. If no atmosphere is available, such as on the Moon, then an Earth-like sound can be re-created via generative AR techniques. We measure the effect of adding sound transparency in an Intra-Vehicular Activity suit by means of the Koh Block test. The results indicate that participants complete the test more quickly when wearing a suit with sound transparency.
KW - Human factors
KW - mars
KW - sensory deprivation
KW - sound
KW - spacesuit
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U2 - 10.1109/OJEMB.2023.3288740
DO - 10.1109/OJEMB.2023.3288740
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85163472553
SN - 2644-1276
VL - 4
SP - 190
EP - 194
JO - IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
JF - IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology
ER -