Share Paper: A Study on Integrating Distributed Vibrator and Music Activities to Enhance Bodily Movement of Children with Visually Impaired

  1. Fang Lin Chao, Department of Industrial Design, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
  2. Liza Lee, Department of Early Childhood Development & Education, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
  3. Hung-Chi Chu, Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Taiwan
Monday, March 5 2:45 PM-3:05 PM Capitol B

Abstract: The aim of the study was to design parity and local equipment of tactile sensory and examine the effectiveness of the equipment. Distributed vibrator was combined with music activities for enhancing the bodily movement of visually impaired children. A series of music activities were carried out with the excitement of distributed vibrator. Seven 4-6 year-old participants were selected by purposive sampling to participate in the study. The duration was four months with 40-minute instructional sessions once per week. The total intervention was 16 sessions. The participants’ ability of physical movement had a positive improvement. The social validity also showed the ...