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Hi everyone,

I am studying Design with the Open University and need to do some user research for my project on creating a product for elderly or disabled people.

Please can you fill in my short survey?

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BQLKKNW

thank you so much!

Rachel
 
You have the wrong forum again ! This a forum for people not monkeys or lab rats!
 
As far as I know, deaf people don't clean differently from hearing people. It's the wrong type of disability.
 
Bottesini said:
As far as I know, deaf people don't clean differently from hearing people. It's the wrong type of disability.
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Yep, I tried using excuses like "I'm deaf, I can't do the dishes, make the bed, clean etc."

Really..like that would work.:laugh2:
 
Angel1989 said:
Yep, I tried using excuses like "I'm deaf, I can't do the dishes, make the bed, clean etc."

Really..like that would work.:laugh2:
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Unfortunately, we have an advantage with some chores. Can't hear the vacuum, the lawn mower, the leaf vac. I turn my HAs on Mute when I do mow or suck up the leaves. So much quieter.
 
My sincere apologies if I made anyone feel like monkeys or lab rats. It was not my intention to offend anyone. I just wanted to ask people from a wide spectrum of disabilities to try to find any hidden problems that are not obvious to others, in order to design the best product I can.
 
If your designing something that makes noise, make sure it won't cause hearing loss with frequent use.
 
kaiserfranzgirl said:
My sincere apologies if I made anyone feel like monkeys or lab rats. It was not my intention to offend anyone. I just wanted to ask people from a wide spectrum of disabilities to try to find any hidden problems that are not obvious to others, in order to design the best product I can.
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It really depend on what you're making. If it's a vacuum cleaner it should be light enough to elderly people to push and the off and on button should easy to use and the words 'off' and 'on' should large enough to read without eyeglasses . It really is using about using common sense . You should have
braille on whatever you're making .
 
I would understand deafness being an issue if a product requires hearing a beep or some kind of noise to use it. But come on, a vacuum cleaner doesn't require perfect hearing, you can tell when it's on just by the vibration. Ditto for a mop.

If anything you would be better of focusing on mobility disabled people like the kind missing hands, arms, legs, or can't walk well. I could see those people having problems using a vacuum cleaner.
 
I can remember when I was working for my father. We were cleaning a house and I spent a half hour or so using the vacuum. I always turned my hearing aids off so as to not damage my hearing with the noise. I had no clue that the vacuum wasn’t actually on and I just did the whole room like it was. I felt like an idiot when he told me that I had to do the whole room again, “with the machine running this time…..” Lights are always a good thing so a person knows it's turned on.

Laura
 
Lau2046 said:
I can remember when I was working for my father. We were cleaning a house and I spent a half hour or so using the vacuum. I always turned my hearing aids off so as to not damage my hearing with the noise. I had no clue that the vacuum wasn’t actually on and I just did the whole room like it was. I felt like an idiot when he told me that I had to do the whole room again, “with the machine running this time…..” Lights are always a good thing so a person knows it's turned on.

Laura
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Thank you Laura! This is just the kind of information I am looking for!
 
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