2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Designing of the app for Deaf children to enjoy sounds at the zoo

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Project/Area Number	21K18482
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Medium-sized Section 9:Education and related fields
Research Institution	Kyoto Women's University (2023) Tsukuba University of Technology (2021-2022)
Principal Investigator	NAMATAME MIKI 京都女子大学, 家政学部, 教授 (20320624)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	渡辺知恵美筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 准教授 (20362832) 平賀瑠美筑波技術大学, 産業技術学部, 教授 (70327021)
Project Period (FY)	2021-07-09 – 2024-03-31
Keywords	動物園 / 音 / 可視化 / オノマトペ / 聴覚障害 / UXデザイン / アプリ開発
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study aims to enhance the learning and experience of children who is Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing at zoos. Specifically, we developed an application that provides not only animal sounds (audio) but also visual information such as creative onomatopoeia that expresses the sounds and animal videos that convey images, so that children with residual hearing can enjoy learning at the zoo while having fun. As a result of the demonstration experiment, the experience at the zoo using the app was positively evaluated by all participants, who said they enjoyed it and wanted to know more about animals and their sounds. We were able to achieve our goal of the zoo as a place of learning to Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing children, as well as to use the zoo as a new place of experience for them.
Free Research Field	デザイン
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	ICOMによる博物館定義が変わり、ミュージアム（博物館・美術館。動植物園・水族館等）は包摂的で開かれた公共施設であることが求められている。本研究では、聴覚障がい児にとって、動物を見るだけの場でしかなかった動物園を、動物の鳴き声について学べる場として開かれたものにすることができた。このことは、博物館の社会的責務を達成するための一助となる。アプリを使った体験は残存聴力のある聴覚障がい児の音に対する楽しい体験と興味を引き出すことができた。音を知りたいという意欲を持つことは、早期介入で聴能を伸ばすことが期待できる聴覚障がい児に対して、科学教育はもとより発達教育的にも意義がある。