The growing use of digital technologies (DTs) has a myriad of implications to socio-technical
systems, which are not yet fully recognised. This paper investigates the contributions and …

Auditory alarms are an important component of human–computer interfaces, used in mission-
critical industries such as aviation, nuclear power plants, and hospital settings …

Signals (alarms, alerts, and warnings) are essential for alerting air traffic controllers to
potential collisions and other adverse events. Excessive or misleading signals can increase …

Background Auditory interfaces play a vital role in many applications, informing users about
both urgent and routine information critical to safety. Unfortunately, problems related to high …

Objective A study of auditory displays for simulated patient monitoring compared the
effectiveness of two sound categories (alarm sounds indicating general risk categories from …

Hazards like fires occur regularly and can cost people's lives. Optimal auditory alarm signals
enable laypeople to recognise dangers and to protect themselves. Existing fire alarm sound …

Auditory interfaces, such as auditory alarms, are useful tools for human computer interaction.
Unfortunately, poor detectability and annoyance inhibit the efficacy of many interface …

Objective Address the alarm problem by redesigning, reorganizing, and reprioritizing to
better discriminate alarm sounds and displays in a hospital. Background Alarms in hospitals …

Objective Reduce nurse response time for emergency and high-priority alarms by increasing
discriminability between emergency and all other alarms and suppressing redundant and …

In hospitals, clinicians are presented with varied and disorganized alarm sounds from
disparate devices. While there has been attention to reducing inactionable alarms to …