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Participate in Our Survey: Evaluate Auditory Displays for “Accessible Oceans”

By Jon Bellona June 7, 2024

We invite you to participate in a survey for the “Accessible Oceans” research project, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF 2115751). Our project focuses on designing effective auditory displays to enhance the perception and understanding of ocean data for visitors to museums, aquariums and science centers, including those who are blind or have low…

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Auditory Display: Carbon Net Flux Between Ocean and Atmosphere, v2

By Jon Bellona July 22, 2023

Based on input from our team, research with blind and low-vision (BLV) students in schools, and insights learned over the past year, we have updated our auditory display for the Carbon Net Flux Between Ocean and Atmosphere data nugget. I re-recorded narration audio, and mixed underlying music, sound effects, and data sonification snippets as part…

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Auditory Display: Daily Vertical Migration Gets Eclipsed, v2

By Jon Bellona July 22, 2023

Based on input from our team, research with blind and low-vision (BLV) students in schools, and insights learned over the past year, we have updated our auditory display for the Daily Vertical Migration Gets Eclipsed! Data Nugget. I re-recorded narration audio, and mixed underlying music, sound effects, and data sonification snippets as part of the…

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Auditory Display: 2015 Axial Seamount Eruption, v2

By Jon Bellona July 22, 2023

Based on input from our team, research with blind and low-vision (BLV) students in schools, and insights learned over the past year, we have updated our auditory display for the 2015 Axial Seamount Eruption Data Nugget. We added start and end beep earcons to the data sonifications, re-recorded narration audio, and mixed underlying music, sound…

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Auditory Display: Axial Long Term Seafloor Inflation Record, short version

By Jon Bellona July 14, 2023

Based on cognitive load in informal learning environments, we knew we needed to reduce the length of our auditory displays. We started this process with the Long term Seafloor Inflation Record. We reduced the script and tightened up the auditory key, or legend, for the data sonification. The audio media player is below. For more…

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Auditory Display: Axial Long Term Seafloor Inflation Record, v2

By Jon Bellona July 13, 2023

Based on input from our team, research with blind and low-vision (BLV) students in schools, and insights learned over the past year, we have updated our auditory display for the 2015 Axial Seamount Eruption Data Nugget. We updated data sonifications, re-recorded narration audio, and mixed underlying music, sound effects, and data sonification snippets as part…

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Auditory Display: Extratropical Storm Hermine, v2

By Jon Bellona July 12, 2023

Based on input from our team, research with blind and low-vision (BLV) students in schools, and insights learned over the past year, we have updated our auditory display for the Extratropical Storm Hermine Data Nugget. We updated data sonifications of some meteorological instruments, re-recorded narration audio, and mixed underlying music, sound effects, and data sonification…

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Accessible Oceans Featured on Ocean Observatories Initiative Website

By Jon Bellona March 16, 2023

The Accessible Oceans project was featured on the Ocean Observatories Initiative website in March, 2023. The “Making the Ocean Accessible Through Sound” article includes interviews with Co-PI’s Amy as well as a few clips of our data sonifications. Check out the full article here – https://oceanobservatories.org/2023/03/making-the-ocean-accessible-through-sound/ “Adding sound to science allows more people to experience…

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Spearcons and the spectrum of speech comprehension…

By Jon Bellona October 28, 2022

We are fortunate to have an amazing advisory board filled with diverse expertise in many sectors and who bring diverse lived experiences. On a recent advisory board meeting, I learned about a new term for how we use and define spearcons – an invited term called “nearcons.” To backup and provide context, a spearcon “is…

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Audio Display Prototype: Extratropical Storm Hermine

By Jon Bellona September 1, 2022

Based on core lessons from the Extratropical Storm Hermine Data Nugget, I created data sonifications of the various meteorological instruments and mocked up an audio display prototype, which I have included below. Please note that the Ocean Labs data nugget does not include sea wave height as part of its graph (below). Storms also impact…

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