The Use of Personas in the Design of an Arabic Auditory Training System for Children
Journal Article
Al-Wabil, Areej . 2012
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Publication Abstract:
Children with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs) and auditory discrimination problems provide much greater challenges to user-centered design than more traditional user groups [1, 2]. It is essential to encourage designers, who are often young and more technology-oriented, to develop a relationship with and empathy for, children with SpLDs to account for their needs in the design of interactive systems [2]. It is recommended that children with SpLDs be fully integrated into the design process. Researchers, however, need to take care to be sensitive to the different manifestations of the learning difficulties, user characteristics, sensory capabilities, and the attitudes of children with SpLDs to computers and to being included in the design and development of interactive systems [2]. This paper emphasizes the impact of using personas in the context of a persona-driven testing and evaluation of an auditory training system designed for Arabic-speaking children with hearing impairments or SpLDs.