Dr. Richard Paluch

2025

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  Paluch, R., Carros, F., Volkova, G., Obaid, M. & Müller, C. (2025)Editorial: Creative approaches to appropriation and design: novel robotic systems for heterogeneous contexts

  IN Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol. 11 doi:10.3389/frobt.2024.1531132
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  The discourse on robotic systems in care is shifting. While the debates have focused on the varying degrees of use of robotic systems in care, and whether or how the work of carers can be substituted by robots (Dalton-Brown, 2020), the focus is now on the practical implementation of robotic systems in care (Mahmoudi Asl et al., 2022). Concerns among carers about job losses due to replacement have diminished, while the demographic trends in Europe contributing to the shortage of staff and the growing number of people expected to need care have been highlighted (The Impact of Demographic Change in Europe – European Commission, 2023). In the future, the focus will be more on how to establish adequate human-technology interaction in the care sector and on the appropriation of technology by care staff and other stakeholders from a human-centered perspective (Paluch et al. 2022). Appropriation is a process in which technical artifacts are used and integrated into users’ specific contexts and practices, adapting them to their needs and reinterpreting their purpose beyond the original design intentions. In addition, appropriation is a creative and dynamic process that is mediated by context and emerges in collaboration with others. The objective is not to dictate technological solutions but to engage users that are actively using the technology, with the aim of facilitating mutual learning about how users adapt to technology and shaping its design to be meaningful and relevant to their needs. The focus is on long-term use and the creative and playful appropriation of technologies. Thus, this process is about working democratically to explore how the technologies best fit the context. This should create anchor points in people&\#39;s lives that enable meaningful appropriation (Stevens & Pipek, 2018).With regard to robots for care settings, a socio-informatics perspective is particularly interesting, as it provides sensitizing concepts that enable the investigation of such questions in different practical contexts (Stevens et al., 2018). However, there is still a need to clarify the practicalities of using robots and how people in different care settings can appropriate them long-term (Carros et al., 2022; Paluch & M&\#252;ller, 2022; Paluch et al. 2024). This question has been explored in several research projects, the findings of which are presented in this special issue. It became evident that a focus was placed on emotions in a multitude of research dimensions. Additionally, it was established that the entertainment value of a robot and its capacity to respond to humor are significant aspects (Oliveira et al., 2021). Interaction with robots can be challenging due to their potential unfamiliarity. In care settings, it can be helpful that robotic systems are developed with a participatory design element and that the robots are adapted to the specific local needs (Carros et al., 2020; Carros et al., 2023). If caregivers and care recipients are taken seriously in the development process, robotic systems can be designed that are used creatively to assist and enhance the wellbeing of those in need of care. Only then, we believe, an appropriation of the robotic systems is possible, which would otherwise be constrained by rigid usage requirements.Overall, we selected five papers for this special issue that take into account the multidisciplinary needs of developing such robotic systems and that observed the appropriation from the users of their devices:The article by Graf et al. entitled &\#39;Distributed agency in HRI – an exploratory study of a narrative robot design&\#39; presents a plant watering robot. The study investigated how the robot&\#39;s agency is experienced in different contexts, how this affects the attribution of the robot&\#39;s behavior, and whether it increases the enjoyment of users. Appropriation processes were observed in situ, and particular attention was paid to people&\#39;s reactions. The examples relate to a university campus, focusing on younger users, and a nursing home where people with dementia are cared for.The article &\#39;What helps, what hinders? – Focus group findings on barriers and facilitators for mobile service robot use in a psychosocial group therapy for people with dementia&\#39; by Wasic et al. discusses the use of robotic systems to support therapists in dementia therapy. An important aspect is the promotion of appropriation processes to support the use of robots. As part of the study, four focus groups were conducted over a period of two years to accompany the use of the Scitos G5 robot. The focus groups generated suggestions for the use of the robot, which were then evaluated and assessed in a therapy session. Ethical issues were also discussed. A total of 13 applications were implemented in this way, which proved to be helpful for the therapeutic work. In addition to time, financial resources, or the certainty of expectations when using the robot, humor was also mentioned, especially with regard to ethical aspects. Jokes and humor are beneficial for human-robot interaction in therapy. In their article ‘HoLLiECares – Development of a multi-functional robot for professional care’, Schneider et al. refer to a robot called HoLLiE that is used in two hospitals. Six of its functions are examined (1. pushing wheelchairs; 2. escorting patients to examination rooms; 3. body movement instructions; 4. documenting wounds; 5. storing medication, and 6. handling limp objects). In this context, the perspectives of carers and patients were included to assess the acquisition of the functions. By considering individual functionalities, it is easier to decide how to scale the use of robots appropriately. It becomes clearer when interaction with a carer is required and when robots can be used. The analysis covers a range of possible applications along a continuum from human interaction to robot-assisted support. In their article &\#39;Nature redux: interrogating biomorphism and soft robot aesthetics through generative AI&\#39;, Christiansen et al. discuss the potential of generative AI. One focus is on the AI software used for image generation. Here, biologically inspired ideas for soft robotics are examined. One example is biomorphic aspects, which are said to have an optimizing effect on human-robot interaction. The inclusion of AI image generation techniques allows different stakeholders to participate in the design process, including those without design expertise. This can contribute to a democratization of robotic design and at the same time promote the reflection of different cultural views on the biomorphic aesthetics of robotic systems. This work is dedicated to the investigation of the limits and possibilities of AI image generation for creative processes in robot design. Furthermore, the results are analyzed in terms of how the design of soft robots can be mediated. This knowledge can be used for the participatory design of robotic systems.Finally, in the article by Ushijima et al. ‘Predicting humor effectiveness of robots for human line cutting’, the authors discuss a security robot that prevents people from queue-jumping. The idea is that by telling jokes, the robot will react in such a way that people behave according to expectations and follow the rules. The authors began by creating a data set and developing a predictor of the effectiveness of humorous statements. They then simulated 13,000 situations in which people cut in line and collected 500 phrases via crowdsourcing that could be described as humorous. The most humorous phrases related to queue-jumping were systematically identified and compared with non-humorous phrases in video experiments. The video experiments simulated the situation to record viewers&\#39; reactions. The humorous phrases proved to be more effective than the non-humorous phrases in preventing rule-breaking.In conclusion, there is a strong case for looking closely at appropriation processes, namely what happens when a robotic system is put into practice and what can be learned from this. An ethnographic appropriation perspective offers the development team as well as caregivers and care recipients an additional perspective. The selected contributions focus on the possibilities that complex robotic systems open up for care, emphasizing aspects such as humor and democratization. From a praxeological standpoint, it is crucial to examine how these aspects manifest themselves in the respective situations and to draw conclusions regarding the design process. In the cases presented here, this applies both to the technical features of a robot and to how the different perspectives of the stakeholders can be integrated for collaboration.

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  doi = {10.3389/frobt.2024.1531132},
  abstract = {The discourse on robotic systems in care is shifting. While the debates have focused on the varying degrees of use of robotic systems in care, and whether or how the work of carers can be substituted by robots (Dalton-Brown, 2020), the focus is now on the practical implementation of robotic systems in care (Mahmoudi Asl et al., 2022). Concerns among carers about job losses due to replacement have diminished, while the demographic trends in Europe contributing to the shortage of staff and the growing number of people expected to need care have been highlighted (The Impact of Demographic Change in Europe - European Commission, 2023). In the future, the focus will be more on how to establish adequate human-technology interaction in the care sector and on the appropriation of technology by care staff and other stakeholders from a human-centered perspective (Paluch et al. 2022). Appropriation is a process in which technical artifacts are used and integrated into users’ specific contexts and practices, adapting them to their needs and reinterpreting their purpose beyond the original design intentions. In addition, appropriation is a creative and dynamic process that is mediated by context and emerges in collaboration with others. The objective is not to dictate technological solutions but to engage users that are actively using the technology, with the aim of facilitating mutual learning about how users adapt to technology and shaping its design to be meaningful and relevant to their needs. The focus is on long-term use and the creative and playful appropriation of technologies. Thus, this process is about working democratically to explore how the technologies best fit the context. This should create anchor points in people\&\#39;s lives that enable meaningful appropriation (Stevens \& Pipek, 2018).With regard to robots for care settings, a socio-informatics perspective is particularly interesting, as it provides sensitizing concepts that enable the investigation of such questions in different practical contexts (Stevens et al., 2018). However, there is still a need to clarify the practicalities of using robots and how people in different care settings can appropriate them long-term (Carros et al., 2022; Paluch \& M\&\#252;ller, 2022; Paluch et al. 2024). This question has been explored in several research projects, the findings of which are presented in this special issue. It became evident that a focus was placed on emotions in a multitude of research dimensions. Additionally, it was established that the entertainment value of a robot and its capacity to respond to humor are significant aspects (Oliveira et al., 2021). Interaction with robots can be challenging due to their potential unfamiliarity. In care settings, it can be helpful that robotic systems are developed with a participatory design element and that the robots are adapted to the specific local needs (Carros et al., 2020; Carros et al., 2023). If caregivers and care recipients are taken seriously in the development process, robotic systems can be designed that are used creatively to assist and enhance the wellbeing of those in need of care. Only then, we believe, an appropriation of the robotic systems is possible, which would otherwise be constrained by rigid usage requirements.Overall, we selected five papers for this special issue that take into account the multidisciplinary needs of developing such robotic systems and that observed the appropriation from the users of their devices:The article by Graf et al. entitled \&\#39;Distributed agency in HRI - an exploratory study of a narrative robot design\&\#39; presents a plant watering robot. The study investigated how the robot\&\#39;s agency is experienced in different contexts, how this affects the attribution of the robot\&\#39;s behavior, and whether it increases the enjoyment of users. Appropriation processes were observed in situ, and particular attention was paid to people\&\#39;s reactions. The examples relate to a university campus, focusing on younger users, and a nursing home where people with dementia are cared for.The article \&\#39;What helps, what hinders? - Focus group findings on barriers and facilitators for mobile service robot use in a psychosocial group therapy for people with dementia\&\#39; by Wasic et al. discusses the use of robotic systems to support therapists in dementia therapy. An important aspect is the promotion of appropriation processes to support the use of robots. As part of the study, four focus groups were conducted over a period of two years to accompany the use of the Scitos G5 robot. The focus groups generated suggestions for the use of the robot, which were then evaluated and assessed in a therapy session. Ethical issues were also discussed. A total of 13 applications were implemented in this way, which proved to be helpful for the therapeutic work. In addition to time, financial resources, or the certainty of expectations when using the robot, humor was also mentioned, especially with regard to ethical aspects. Jokes and humor are beneficial for human-robot interaction in therapy. In their article ‘HoLLiECares – Development of a multi-functional robot for professional care’, Schneider et al. refer to a robot called HoLLiE that is used in two hospitals. Six of its functions are examined (1. pushing wheelchairs; 2. escorting patients to examination rooms; 3. body movement instructions; 4. documenting wounds; 5. storing medication, and 6. handling limp objects). In this context, the perspectives of carers and patients were included to assess the acquisition of the functions. By considering individual functionalities, it is easier to decide how to scale the use of robots appropriately. It becomes clearer when interaction with a carer is required and when robots can be used. The analysis covers a range of possible applications along a continuum from human interaction to robot-assisted support. In their article \&\#39;Nature redux: interrogating biomorphism and soft robot aesthetics through generative AI\&\#39;, Christiansen et al. discuss the potential of generative AI. One focus is on the AI software used for image generation. Here, biologically inspired ideas for soft robotics are examined. One example is biomorphic aspects, which are said to have an optimizing effect on human-robot interaction. The inclusion of AI image generation techniques allows different stakeholders to participate in the design process, including those without design expertise. This can contribute to a democratization of robotic design and at the same time promote the reflection of different cultural views on the biomorphic aesthetics of robotic systems. This work is dedicated to the investigation of the limits and possibilities of AI image generation for creative processes in robot design. Furthermore, the results are analyzed in terms of how the design of soft robots can be mediated. This knowledge can be used for the participatory design of robotic systems.Finally, in the article by Ushijima et al. ‘Predicting humor effectiveness of robots for human line cutting’, the authors discuss a security robot that prevents people from queue-jumping. The idea is that by telling jokes, the robot will react in such a way that people behave according to expectations and follow the rules. The authors began by creating a data set and developing a predictor of the effectiveness of humorous statements. They then simulated 13,000 situations in which people cut in line and collected 500 phrases via crowdsourcing that could be described as humorous. The most humorous phrases related to queue-jumping were systematically identified and compared with non-humorous phrases in video experiments. The video experiments simulated the situation to record viewers\&\#39; reactions. The humorous phrases proved to be more effective than the non-humorous phrases in preventing rule-breaking.In conclusion, there is a strong case for looking closely at appropriation processes, namely what happens when a robotic system is put into practice and what can be learned from this. An ethnographic appropriation perspective offers the development team as well as caregivers and care recipients an additional perspective. The selected contributions focus on the possibilities that complex robotic systems open up for care, emphasizing aspects such as humor and democratization. From a praxeological standpoint, it is crucial to examine how these aspects manifest themselves in the respective situations and to draw conclusions regarding the design process. In the cases presented here, this applies both to the technical features of a robot and to how the different perspectives of the stakeholders can be integrated for collaboration.},
  language = {English},
  urldate = {2025-01-06},
  journal = {Frontiers in Robotics and AI},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Carros, Felix and Volkova, Galina and Obaid, Mohammad and Müller, Claudia},
  month = jan,
  year = {2025},
  note = {Publisher: Frontiers},
  keywords = {italg, appropriation, care, human-robot interaction, humor, nursing, participatory design (PD), social robot, socio-informatics},
  }

2024

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  Paluch, R., Weiler, T., Nieder, A., Fricke, C., Meyer, S., Randall, D. & Müller, C. (2024)Facilitating Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Large-Scale Research Networks: Tackling Uncertainties in Knowledge Building and the Designing of Robotic Systems in Healthcare

  IN Interacting with Computers, Pages: iwae051 doi:10.1093/iwc/iwae051
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  Robots used for care purposes have been the subject of considerable research effort, often interdisciplinary. However, our work has shown that there are frequently difficulties in working together to produce interdisciplinary knowledge on human–robot and human–computer interaction. We describe an initiative to enable participants within and across research projects to improve collaboration. Mandated by the funding body, we developed the Research Practice Workshop tool to bring together 10 projects and more than 100 people from science, technology and healthcare in a large-scale funding stream. Our tool creates space for interdisciplinary participation, despite its top-down project structure. We present data from seven Research Practice Workshops that illustrate how knowledge sharing worked and what challenges we faced in accordance with our iterative and participatory approach. The aim is to show how networks of practice transfer knowledge, facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation and create imaginaries of robotics for care. The Research Practice Workshops are a valuable tool for creating shared visions and practical implementations with all stakeholders in a democratic process. This demonstrates how design knowledge can become relevant in interdisciplinary collaboration and how Research Practice Workshops can support large scale research networks. Ultimately, our paper contributes both to best practices in heterodox scientific project management and to an understanding of how disciplinary perspectives mediate research.

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  abstract = {Robots used for care purposes have been the subject of considerable research effort, often interdisciplinary. However, our work has shown that there are frequently difficulties in working together to produce interdisciplinary knowledge on human–robot and human–computer interaction. We describe an initiative to enable participants within and across research projects to improve collaboration. Mandated by the funding body, we developed the Research Practice Workshop tool to bring together 10 projects and more than 100 people from science, technology and healthcare in a large-scale funding stream. Our tool creates space for interdisciplinary participation, despite its top-down project structure. We present data from seven Research Practice Workshops that illustrate how knowledge sharing worked and what challenges we faced in accordance with our iterative and participatory approach. The aim is to show how networks of practice transfer knowledge, facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation and create imaginaries of robotics for care. The Research Practice Workshops are a valuable tool for creating shared visions and practical implementations with all stakeholders in a democratic process. This demonstrates how design knowledge can become relevant in interdisciplinary collaboration and how Research Practice Workshops can support large scale research networks. Ultimately, our paper contributes both to best practices in heterodox scientific project management and to an understanding of how disciplinary perspectives mediate research.},
  urldate = {2025-01-06},
  journal = {Interacting with Computers},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Weiler, Tim and Nieder, Aaron and Fricke, Christa and Meyer, Sibylle and Randall, David and Müller, Claudia},
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  year = {2024},
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  }

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  Bittenbinder, S., Weiler, T., Paluch, R., Kirschsieper, D., Specovius, O. & Müller, C. (2024)Research Buddy—From a Framework for Overcoming Language Barriers to the Development of a Qualitative Citizen Science Platform

  IN Interacting with Computers 2024, Pages: iwae047 doi:10.1093/iwc/iwae047
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  Abstract Students benefit from international study programmes in fields such as HCI. However, user-centred research in a foreign country has some challenges, especially language hurdles when going into the field and conducting ethnographic and participatory studies. A particular obstacle is added when targeting groups that do not speak English, such as in Germany, where English was not taught in schools until the 1970s. The task and challenge of the present project, ‘Research Buddy’, is to bring together young international students and older people as co-researchers in Germany. We describe the participatory development of the concept of a matching platform and its design. In focus groups with older people, university faculty and students, requirements for a collaborative research infrastructure were jointly identified and prototypically implemented. The empirical results focus on the possibilities the platform offers for qualitative citizen science in the field of age tech.

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  urldate = {2024-10-27},
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  author = {Bittenbinder, Sven and Weiler, Tim and Paluch, Richard and Kirschsieper, Dennis and Specovius, Oliver and Müller, Claudia},
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  year = {2024},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {iwae047},
  }

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  Senden, L., Maier, A., Laurentius, T., Frick, L., Moradbakhti, L., Grohs, L., Müller, C., Paluch, R., Struzek, D., Neuner, I. & Veselinovic, T. (2024)TeleDiag@smart: Usability of a digital, voice-controlled tool for continuous, contactless symptom recording in Long-COVID

  53rd DGPs Congress / 15th ÖGP Conference. Wien, Österreich, Pages: 20
  [BibTeX] [Download PDF]

  @inproceedings{senden_telediagsmart_2024,
  address = {Wien, Österreich},
  title = {{TeleDiag}@smart: {Usability} of a digital, voice-controlled tool for continuous, contactless symptom recording in {Long}-{COVID}},
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  author = {Senden, Lisa and Maier, Andrea and Laurentius, Thea and Frick, Lutz and Moradbakhti, Laura and Grohs, Laura and Müller, Claudia and Paluch, Richard and Struzek, David and Neuner, Irene and Veselinovic, Tanja},
  month = sep,
  year = {2024},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {20},
  }

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  Stegner, L., Paluch, R., Hsu, L., Collins, S., Hu, Y., Greuèl, M., Kodate, N., Müller, C., Mutlu, B. & Šabanović, S. (2024)RoboCare Design Workshop: Understanding, Translating, Operationalizing, and Scaling Up Design Knowledge Regarding Robotic Systems for Care Assistance

  Designing Interactive Systems Conference. New York, NY, USA, Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery, Pages: 421–423 doi:10.1145/3656156.3658395
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  Robots and other autonomous agents are well-positioned in the research discourse to support the care of people with challenges such as physical and/or cognitive disabilities. However, designing these robots can be complex as it involves considering a wide range of factors (e.g., individual needs, physical environment, technology capabilities, digital literacy), stakeholders (e.g., care recipients, formal and informal caregivers, technology developers), and contexts (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient care facilities, private homes). The challenges are in gaining design insights for this unique use case and translating this knowledge into actionable, generalizable guidelines for other designers. This one-day workshop seeks to bring together researchers with diverse expertise and experience across academia, healthcare, and industry, spanning perspectives from multiple disciplines, including design, robotics, and human-computer interaction, with the primary goal being a consensus on best practices for generating and operationalizing design knowledge for robotic systems for care settings.

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  urldate = {2024-07-01},
  booktitle = {Designing {Interactive} {Systems} {Conference}},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  author = {Stegner, Laura and Paluch, Richard and Hsu, Long-Jing and Collins, Sawyer and Hu, Yaxin and Greuèl, Marius and Kodate, Naonori and Müller, Claudia and Mutlu, Bilge and Šabanović, Selma},
  month = jul,
  year = {2024},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {421--423},
  }

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  Garthaus, M., Hoferichter, J., Behrens, J. L., Wirth, L. M., Paluch, R., Dorniok, D., Müller, C. & Hülsken-Giesler, M. (2024)Robotische Systeme auf dem Weg in die Praxis

  IN Pflegezeitschrift, Pages: 56–59 doi:10.1007/s41906-024-2665-1
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  Dem Einsatz robotischer Systeme in der pflegerischen Versorgung wird derzeit ein erhebliches Potenzial zugeschrieben, die Pflegearbeit in Zukunft wirksam zu unterstützen und zu entlasten – in rein praktischen Versorgungsbezügen haben sich diese …

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  author = {Garthaus, Marcus and Hoferichter, Jannik and Behrens, Jonathan Levin and Wirth, Lena Marie and Paluch, Richard and Dorniok, Daniel and Müller, Claudia and Hülsken-Giesler, Manfred},
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  year = {2024},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {56--59},
  }

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  Paluch, R. (2024)Epistemische Sorge. Eine soziologische Analyse von leiblichen Hörbehinderungen

  Dissertation, Oldenburg
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  In der Dissertation wird untersucht, wie Menschen mit Hörbehinderungen leben, ihren Weltzugang gestalten und welche Herausforderungen sie dabei zu bewältigen haben. Der Sachverhalt der Hörbehinderungen adressiert ein grundlegendes Problem menschlicher Umweltbezüge: die Sicherstellung des Wissens, an einer gemeinsam geteilten Welt teilzuhaben. Die Bewältigung beziehungsweise Bearbeitung dieser Schwierigkeiten wird als epistemische Sorge bezeichnet. Gelingt es nicht, angemessen mit Hörbehinderungen umzugehen, droht betroffenen Personen der Ausschluss. Anhand empirischer Daten aus audiologischen Forschungszusammenhängen, Rehabilitationseinrichtungen und Schulen für Kinder mit Hörbehinderungen wird aufgezeigt, welche Rolle technische Hörsysteme, routinierte Handlungsweisen und leibliche Haltungen bei der Gestaltung des Weltzugangs von Menschen mit Hörbehinderungen spielen. Hörbehinderungen werden dabei relational verstanden, demnach nicht als Eigenschaft einzelner Personen, sondern in ihrem Leib-Umwelt-Bezug.

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  abstract = {In der Dissertation wird untersucht, wie Menschen mit Hörbehinderungen leben, ihren Weltzugang gestalten und welche Herausforderungen sie dabei zu bewältigen haben. Der Sachverhalt der Hörbehinderungen adressiert ein grundlegendes Problem menschlicher Umweltbezüge: die Sicherstellung des Wissens, an einer gemeinsam geteilten Welt teilzuhaben. Die Bewältigung beziehungsweise Bearbeitung dieser Schwierigkeiten wird als epistemische Sorge bezeichnet. Gelingt es nicht, angemessen mit Hörbehinderungen umzugehen, droht betroffenen Personen der Ausschluss. Anhand empirischer Daten aus audiologischen Forschungszusammenhängen, Rehabilitationseinrichtungen und Schulen für Kinder mit Hörbehinderungen wird aufgezeigt, welche Rolle technische Hörsysteme, routinierte Handlungsweisen und leibliche Haltungen bei der Gestaltung des Weltzugangs von Menschen mit Hörbehinderungen spielen. Hörbehinderungen werden dabei relational verstanden, demnach nicht als Eigenschaft einzelner Personen, sondern in ihrem Leib-Umwelt-Bezug.},
  language = {de},
  school = {Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg},
  author = {Paluch, Richard},
  month = apr,
  year = {2024},
  keywords = {italg},
  }

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  Delong Du, Paluch, R., Stevens, G. & Müller, C. (2024)Exploring patient trust in clinical advice from AI-driven LLMs like ChatGPT for self-diagnosis

  doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.10788.04486
  [BibTeX] [Download PDF]

  @article{delong_du_exploring_2024,
  title = {Exploring patient trust in clinical advice from {AI}-driven {LLMs} like {ChatGPT} for self-diagnosis},
  url = {https://rgdoi.net/10.13140/RG.2.2.10788.04486},
  doi = {10.13140/RG.2.2.10788.04486},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2024-02-12},
  author = {{Delong Du} and Paluch, Richard and Stevens, Gunnar and Müller, Claudia},
  year = {2024},
  note = {Publisher: Unpublished},
  keywords = {italg},
  }

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  Struzek, D., Paluch, R. & Müller, C. (2024)Interdisciplinary Design for Telemedical Diagnostic Systems: Exchange processes of initial stakeholder feedback in a Long COVID project

  , Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Pages: 10.18420/muc2024
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Developing telehealth systems to address global health challenges is becoming increasingly rapid. This can lead to increased complexity, especially in interdisciplinary research projects between industry, medicine and socio-informatics. Especially when partners do not share a disciplinary language or perspective. In this position paper we would like to reflect on the negotiation and development process of an adapted method to gather first practical experiences for the implementation of functionalities of a speech-based diagnostic system to support people with Long COVID symptoms and the associated challenges and influences with the project partners. We want to show that for the design of hybrid healthcare systems it is important, that an understanding between disciplines and approaches should be achieved.

  @inproceedings{struzek_interdisciplinary_2024,
  title = {Interdisciplinary {Design} for {Telemedical} {Diagnostic} {Systems}: {Exchange} processes of initial stakeholder feedback in a {Long} {COVID} project},
  shorttitle = {Interdisciplinary {Design} for {Telemedical} {Diagnostic} {Systems}},
  url = {https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/44262},
  abstract = {Developing telehealth systems to address global health challenges is becoming increasingly rapid. This can lead to increased complexity, especially in interdisciplinary research projects between industry, medicine and socio-informatics. Especially when partners do not share a disciplinary language or perspective. In this position paper we would like to reflect on the negotiation and development process of an adapted method to gather first practical experiences for the implementation of functionalities of a speech-based diagnostic system to support people with Long COVID symptoms and the associated challenges and influences with the project partners. We want to show that for the design of hybrid healthcare systems it is important, that an understanding between disciplines and approaches should be achieved.},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2024-09-10},
  publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.},
  author = {Struzek, David and Paluch, Richard and Müller, Claudia},
  year = {2024},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {10.18420/muc2024},
  }

2023

• ---

  Paluch, R., Cerna, K., Kirschsieper, D. & Müller, C. (2023)Practices of Care in Participatory Design With Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Digitally Mediated Study

  IN Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol. 25, Pages: e45750 doi:10.2196/45750
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Background: Participatory Design (PD), albeit an established approach in User-Centered Design, comes with specific challenges when working with older adults as research participants. Addressing these challenges relates to the reflection and negotiation of the positionalities of the researchers and research participants and includes various acts of giving and receiving help. During the COVID-19 pandemic, facets of positionalities and (mutual) care became particularly evident in qualitative and participatory research settings. Objective: The aim of this paper was to systematically analyze care practices of participatory (design) research, which are to different extents practices of the latter. Using a multiyear PD project with older people that had to take place remotely over many months, we specify different practices of care; how they relate to collaborative work in the design project; and represent foundational practices for sustainable, long-term co-design. Our research questions were “How can digitally-mediated PD work during COVID-19 and can we understand such digital PD as ‘care’?” Methods: Our data comes from the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years, Better Lives” (JPI MYBL), a European Union project that aims to promote digital literacy and technology appropriation among older adults in domestic settings. It targeted the cocreation, by older adults and university researchers, of a mobile demo kit website with cocreated resources, aimed at improving the understanding of use options of digital tools. Through a series of workshops, a range of current IT products was explored by a group of 21 older adults, which served as the basis for joint cocreative work on generating design ideas and prototypes. We reflect on the PD process and examine how the actors enact and manifest care. Results: The use of digital technology allowed the participatory project to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic and accentuated the digital skills of older adults and the improvement of digital literacy as part of “care.” We provide empirically based evidence of PD with older adults developing digital literacy and sensitizing concepts, based on the notion of care by Tronto for differentiating aspects and processes of care. The data suggest that it is not enough to focus solely on the technologies and how they are used; it is also necessary to focus on the social structures in which help is available and in which technologies offer opportunities to do care work. Conclusions: We document that the cocreation of different digital media tools can be used to provide a community with mutual care. Our study demonstrates how research participants effectively enact different forms of care and how such “care” is a necessary basis for a genuinely participatory approach, which became especially meaningful as a form of support during COVID-19. We reflect on how notions of “care” and “caring” that were central to the pandemic response are also central to PD.

  @article{paluch_practices_2023,
  title = {Practices of {Care} in {Participatory} {Design} {With} {Older} {Adults} {During} the {COVID}-19 {Pandemic}: {Digitally} {Mediated} {Study}},
  volume = {25},
  shorttitle = {Practices of {Care} in {Participatory} {Design} {With} {Older} {Adults} {During} the {COVID}-19 {Pandemic}},
  url = {https://www.jmir.org/2023/1/e45750},
  doi = {10.2196/45750},
  abstract = {Background: Participatory Design (PD), albeit an established approach in User-Centered Design, comes with specific challenges when working with older adults as research participants. Addressing these challenges relates to the reflection and negotiation of the positionalities of the researchers and research participants and includes various acts of giving and receiving help. During the COVID-19 pandemic, facets of positionalities and (mutual) care became particularly evident in qualitative and participatory research settings.
  Objective: The aim of this paper was to systematically analyze care practices of participatory (design) research, which are to different extents practices of the latter. Using a multiyear PD project with older people that had to take place remotely over many months, we specify different practices of care; how they relate to collaborative work in the design project; and represent foundational practices for sustainable, long-term co-design. Our research questions were “How can digitally-mediated PD work during COVID-19 and can we understand such digital PD as ‘care’?”
  Methods: Our data comes from the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years, Better Lives” (JPI MYBL), a European Union project that aims to promote digital literacy and technology appropriation among older adults in domestic settings. It targeted the cocreation, by older adults and university researchers, of a mobile demo kit website with cocreated resources, aimed at improving the understanding of use options of digital tools. Through a series of workshops, a range of current IT products was explored by a group of 21 older adults, which served as the basis for joint cocreative work on generating design ideas and prototypes. We reflect on the PD process and examine how the actors enact and manifest care.
  Results: The use of digital technology allowed the participatory project to continue during the COVID-19 pandemic and accentuated the digital skills of older adults and the improvement of digital literacy as part of “care.” We provide empirically based evidence of PD with older adults developing digital literacy and sensitizing concepts, based on the notion of care by Tronto for differentiating aspects and processes of care. The data suggest that it is not enough to focus solely on the technologies and how they are used; it is also necessary to focus on the social structures in which help is available and in which technologies offer opportunities to do care work.
  Conclusions: We document that the cocreation of different digital media tools can be used to provide a community with mutual care. Our study demonstrates how research participants effectively enact different forms of care and how such “care” is a necessary basis for a genuinely participatory approach, which became especially meaningful as a form of support during COVID-19. We reflect on how notions of “care” and “caring” that were central to the pandemic response are also central to PD.},
  language = {EN},
  number = {1},
  urldate = {2023-07-25},
  journal = {Journal of Medical Internet Research},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Cerna, Katerina and Kirschsieper, Dennis and Müller, Claudia},
  month = jul,
  year = {2023},
  note = {Company: Journal of Medical Internet Research
  Distributor: Journal of Medical Internet Research
  Institution: Journal of Medical Internet Research
  Label: Journal of Medical Internet Research
  Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc., Toronto, Canada},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {e45750},
  }

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  Paluch, R., Aal, T., Cerna, K., Randall, D. & Müller, C. (2023)Heteromated Decision-Making: Integrating Socially Assistive Robots in Care Relationships

  , Publisher: arXiv doi:10.48550/arXiv.2304.10116
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Technological development continues to advance, with consequences for the use of robots in health care. For this reason, this workshop contribution aims at consideration of how socially assistive robots can be integrated into care and what tasks they can take on. This also touches on the degree of autonomy of these robots and the balance of decision support and decision making in different situations. We want to show that decision making by robots is mediated by the balance between autonomy and safety. Our results are based on Design Fiction and Zine-Making workshops we conducted with scientific experts. Ultimately, we show that robots‘ actions take place in social groups. A robot does not typically decide alone, but its decision-making is embedded in group processes. The concept of heteromation, which describes the interconnection of human and machine actions, offers fruitful possibilities for exploring how robots can be integrated into caring relationships.

  @misc{paluch_heteromated_2023,
  title = {Heteromated {Decision}-{Making}: {Integrating} {Socially} {Assistive} {Robots} in {Care} {Relationships}},
  shorttitle = {Heteromated {Decision}-{Making}},
  url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.10116},
  doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2304.10116},
  abstract = {Technological development continues to advance, with consequences for the use of robots in health care. For this reason, this workshop contribution aims at consideration of how socially assistive robots can be integrated into care and what tasks they can take on. This also touches on the degree of autonomy of these robots and the balance of decision support and decision making in different situations. We want to show that decision making by robots is mediated by the balance between autonomy and safety. Our results are based on Design Fiction and Zine-Making workshops we conducted with scientific experts. Ultimately, we show that robots' actions take place in social groups. A robot does not typically decide alone, but its decision-making is embedded in group processes. The concept of heteromation, which describes the interconnection of human and machine actions, offers fruitful possibilities for exploring how robots can be integrated into caring relationships.},
  urldate = {2023-04-21},
  publisher = {arXiv},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Aal, Tanja and Cerna, Katerina and Randall, Dave and Müller, Claudia},
  month = apr,
  year = {2023},
  note = {arXiv:2304.10116 [cs]},
  keywords = {italg, Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science - Robotics},
  }

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  Du, D., Amirhajlou, S. G., Gyabaah, A., Paluch, R. & Müller, C. (2023)Mediating Personal Relationships with Robotic Pets for Fostering Human-Human Interaction of Older Adults

  doi:10.48340/IHC2023_P003
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Good human relationships are important for us to have a happy life and maintain our well-being. Otherwise, we will be at risk of experiencing loneliness or depression. In human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), robotic systems offer nuanced approaches to foster human connection, providing interaction beyond the traditional mediums that smartphones and computers offer. However, many existing studies primarily focus on the human-robot relationships that older adults form directly with robotic pets rather than exploring how these robotic pets can enhance …

  @article{du_mediating_2023,
  title = {Mediating {Personal} {Relationships} with {Robotic} {Pets} for {Fostering} {Human}-{Human} {Interaction} of {Older} {Adults}},
  issn = {2510-2591},
  url = {https://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/5016},
  doi = {10.48340/IHC2023_P003},
  abstract = {Good human relationships are important for us to have a happy life and maintain our well-being. Otherwise, we will be at risk of experiencing loneliness or depression. In human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), robotic systems offer nuanced approaches to foster human connection, providing interaction beyond the traditional mediums that smartphones and computers offer. However, many existing studies primarily focus on the human-robot relationships that older adults form directly with robotic pets rather than exploring how these robotic pets can enhance ...},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2023-10-03},
  author = {Du, Delong and Amirhajlou, Sara Gilda and Gyabaah, Akwasi and Paluch, Richard and Müller, Claudia},
  year = {2023},
  }

2022

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  Paluch, R., Müller, C. & Hasanat, A. A. (2022)Care: A chatbot for dementia care: An empirical study on chatbots, and the development of a chatbot to support the caregivers in dementia care.

  K. Marky, U. Grünefeld & T. Kosch (Hrsg.): Mensch und Computer 2022 – Workshopband. Darmstadt, Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. doi:10.18420/muc2022-mci-src-442
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  In recent decades various digital artifacts have been integrated into our daily life. One such integration is chatbots or conversational agents like Siri and Alexa. Even though those devices are helping primarily in daily activities, they can potentially be used for medical and health care purposes. In our research, we tried to focus on the current trend of using conversational agents in daily life and potential ways of using those in the medical field. Primarily we focused on chatbot uses in dementia care. Within our work, we analyzed interviews from care facilities and referred to some other research articles to find potential ways of using chatbots in care facilities. As a prototype, we developed a chatbot that will act as a communication medium between caregivers and dementia patients. We also conducted an interview to explore further improvement areas of the chatbot.

  @inproceedings{paluch_care_2022,
  address = {Darmstadt},
  title = {Care: {A} chatbot for dementia care: {An} empirical study on chatbots, and the development of a chatbot to support the caregivers in dementia care.},
  shorttitle = {Care: {A} chatbot for dementia care},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2022-mci-src-442},
  doi = {10.18420/muc2022-mci-src-442},
  abstract = {In recent decades various digital artifacts have been integrated into our daily life. One such integration is chatbots or conversational agents like Siri and Alexa. Even though those devices are helping primarily in daily activities, they can potentially be used for medical and health care purposes. In our research, we tried to focus on the current trend of using conversational agents in daily life and potential ways of using those in the medical field. Primarily we focused on chatbot uses in dementia care. Within our work, we analyzed interviews from care facilities and referred to some other research articles to find potential ways of using chatbots in care facilities. As a prototype, we developed a chatbot that will act as a communication medium between caregivers and dementia patients. We also conducted an interview to explore further improvement areas of the chatbot.},
  booktitle = {K. {Marky}, {U}. {Grünefeld} \& {T}. {Kosch} ({Hrsg}.): {Mensch} und {Computer} 2022 – {Workshopband}},
  publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Müller, Claudia and Hasanat, ABM Ali},
  month = sep,
  year = {2022},
  keywords = {Empirical study, Chatbot, Conversational agents, User experience, User study},
  }

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  Paluch, R., Müller, C., Garthaus, M., Hülsken-Giesler, M. & Stachura, E. (2022)Meeting report: „Robotische Systeme für die Pflege“. Symposium, 2022 (online)

  IN TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, Vol. 31, Pages: 78–79 doi:10.14512/tatup.31.2.78
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  @article{paluch_meeting_2022,
  title = {Meeting report: „{Robotische} {Systeme} für die {Pflege}“. {Symposium}, 2022 (online)},
  volume = {31},
  copyright = {Copyright (c) 2022},
  issn = {2567-8833},
  shorttitle = {Meeting report},
  url = {https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/6976},
  doi = {10.14512/tatup.31.2.78},
  language = {de},
  number = {2},
  urldate = {2022-07-22},
  journal = {TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Müller, Claudia and Garthaus, Marcus and Hülsken-Giesler, Manfred and Stachura, Elisabeth},
  month = jul,
  year = {2022},
  note = {Number: 2},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {78--79},
  }

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  Paluch, R. & Müller, C. (2022)‘That’s Something for Children’: An Ethnographic Study of Attitudes and Practices of Care Attendants and Nursing Home Residents Towards Robotic Pets

  IN Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (P-ACM), Vol. 6, Pages: 1–35 doi:https://doi.org/10.1145/3492850
  [BibTeX]

  @article{paluch_thats_2022,
  series = {{GROUP}},
  title = {‘{That}’s {Something} for {Children}’: {An} {Ethnographic} {Study} of {Attitudes} and {Practices} of {Care} {Attendants} and {Nursing} {Home} {Residents} {Towards} {Robotic} {Pets}},
  volume = {6},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3492850},
  number = {Article No.: 31},
  journal = {Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (P-ACM)},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Müller, Claudia},
  month = jan,
  year = {2022},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {1--35},
  }

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  Paluch, R., Struzek, D., Kirschsieper, D., Bittenbinder, S. & Müller, C. (2022)Teilhabe durch Technik? Entwicklung von technischen Artefakten mit und für vulnerable Gruppen

  IN Gesundheit und Technik
  [BibTeX] [Download PDF]

  @article{paluch_teilhabe_2022,
  title = {Teilhabe durch {Technik}? {Entwicklung} von technischen {Artefakten} mit und für vulnerable {Gruppen}},
  url = {https://berliner-methodentreffen.de/ps-2022/},
  language = {de-DE},
  urldate = {2023-01-05},
  journal = {Gesundheit und Technik},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Struzek, David and Kirschsieper, Dennis and Bittenbinder, Sven and Müller, Claudia},
  year = {2022},
  keywords = {italg},
  }

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  Paluch, R., Cerna, K., Volkova, G., Seidler, M., Weiler, T., Obaid, M. & Müller, C. (2022)Robots in heterogeneous contexts: Negotiation of co-creative lifelong learning spaces through participatory approaches

  doi:10.48340/ecscw2022_ws01
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Learning is inherently social. This raises several questions that relate to how contexts and spaces can mediate co-creative learning. In this workshop proposal, we refer to the interrelated aspects of space, learning, and embodiment and how these aspects mediate the human-robot interaction. Our assumption is that robots are interpreted variously and used in different ways. We are interested in the interrelation between interpretation and use, which are constitutive for the establishment of different co-creative learning spaces. Reflecting on this leads to an understanding of what to look for in Participatory Design studies. It matters, for example, whether persons in a nursing home have any say at all in how robots are perceived and in what technical practices robots are to be integrated and adopted. This is a crucial aspect for the appropriation of technical artifacts and for the development of new (E)CSCW or HCI paradigms.

  @article{paluch_robots_2022,
  title = {Robots in heterogeneous contexts: {Negotiation} of co-creative lifelong learning spaces through participatory approaches},
  issn = {2510-2591},
  shorttitle = {Robots in heterogeneous contexts},
  url = {https://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4404},
  doi = {10.48340/ecscw2022_ws01},
  abstract = {Learning is inherently social. This raises several questions that relate to how contexts and spaces can mediate co-creative learning. In this workshop proposal, we refer to the interrelated aspects of space, learning, and embodiment and how these aspects mediate the human-robot interaction. Our assumption is that robots are interpreted variously and used in different ways. We are interested in the interrelation between interpretation and use, which are constitutive for the establishment of different co-creative learning spaces. Reflecting on this leads to an understanding of what to look for in Participatory Design studies. It matters, for example, whether persons in a nursing home have any say at all in how robots are perceived and in what technical practices robots are to be integrated and adopted. This is a crucial aspect for the appropriation of technical artifacts and for the development of new (E)CSCW or HCI paradigms.},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2022-06-27},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Cerna, Katerina and Volkova, Galina and Seidler, Michael and Weiler, Tim and Obaid, Mohammad and Müller, Claudia},
  year = {2022},
  note = {Accepted: 2022-06-22T04:34:50Z
  Publisher: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)},
  }

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  Paluch, R. (2022)Epistemische Sorge: Hörbehinderungen vom Dritten her denken

  IN Leib. Grenze. Kritik.
  [BibTeX]

  @incollection{paluch_epistemische_2022,
  title = {Epistemische {Sorge}: {Hörbehinderungen} vom {Dritten} her denken},
  booktitle = {Leib. {Grenze}. {Kritik}.},
  author = {Paluch, Richard},
  year = {2022},
  }

2021

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  Struzek, D., Cerna, K., Paluch, R., Bittenbinder, S., Müller, C., Reuter, A., Stamato, L., Subasi, Ö., Hamidi, F. & Vines, J. (2021)Designing for New Forms of Vulnerability: Exploring transformation and empowerment in times of COVID-19

  2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., Pages: 1–5 doi:10.1145/3411763.3441339
  [BibTeX] [Download PDF]

  @inproceedings{struzek_designing_2021,
  title = {Designing for {New} {Forms} of {Vulnerability}: {Exploring} transformation and empowerment in times of {COVID}-19},
  volume = {Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411763.3441339},
  doi = {10.1145/3411763.3441339},
  booktitle = {2021 {CHI} {Conference} on {Human} {Factors} in {Computing} {Systems}},
  author = {Struzek, David and Cerna, Katerina and Paluch, Richard and Bittenbinder, Sven and Müller, Claudia and Reuter, Arlind and Stamato, Lydia and Subasi, Özge and Hamidi, Foad and Vines, John},
  month = may,
  year = {2021},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {1--5},
  }

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  Cerna, K., Paluch, R., Bäumer, F., Aal, T. & Müller, C. (2021)Transformation of HCI co-research with older adults: researchers’ positionality in the COVID-19 pandemic

  IN Interaction design and Architectures: Designing during and for pandemics, Vol. No. 50, Pages: 21
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  In the time of COVID-19, many measurements to contain the pandemic contributed to social isolation and loneliness. Older adults in particular experience various forms of ageism in this regard, for example by being stereotyped as digitally illiterate. Hence, we need to learn more about the aging discourse in the context of participatory approaches, as it is currently lacking. This article presents the results from two participatory research projects that were significantly affected by the 1st COVID-19 lockdown. We specifically focus on the ways the relationships and modes of cooperation with our older research partners, i.e. the positionalities, have been impacted. We draw on the projects’ results, reflecting on the possible implications for the involvement of older adults in design and HCI research and specifically, technologies that are supportive and empowering for the individuals against the background of the pandemic situation.

  @article{cerna_transformation_2021,
  title = {Transformation of {HCI} co-research with older adults: researchers’ positionality in the {COVID}-19 pandemic},
  volume = {No. 50},
  url = {http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/idea2010/doc/50_2.pdf},
  abstract = {In the time of COVID-19, many measurements to contain the pandemic contributed to social isolation and loneliness. Older adults in particular experience various forms of ageism in this regard, for example by being stereotyped as digitally illiterate. Hence, we need to learn more about the aging discourse in the context of participatory approaches, as it is currently lacking. This article presents the results from two participatory research projects that were significantly affected by the 1st COVID-19 lockdown. We specifically focus on the ways the relationships and modes of cooperation with our older research partners, i.e. the positionalities, have been impacted. We draw on the projects’ results, reflecting on the possible implications for the involvement of older adults in design and HCI research and specifically, technologies that are supportive and empowering for the individuals against the background of the pandemic situation.},
  language = {en},
  journal = {Interaction design and Architectures: Designing during and for pandemics},
  author = {Cerna, Katerina and Paluch, Richard and Bäumer, Fabian and Aal, Tanja and Müller, Claudia},
  year = {2021},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {21},
  }

2020

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  Paluch, R. (2020)Technical and Affective Practices. An Investigation of Service Robots in Nursing Environments

  doi:10.18420/ecscw2020_dc08
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  This overview explains the first steps of a participatory design project. The aim is to evaluate a service robot for nursing with a qualitative approach and to explore technical and affective practices. The data will be analyzed with practice theory related to the grounded design paradigm. Expert interviews with five care workers and five IT specialists in the field of robotics will be conducted during 2020. Afterwards a series of participatory workshops with participants in need will be carried out focusing on the practices related to robots in caring settings.

  @article{paluch_technical_2020,
  title = {Technical and {Affective} {Practices}. {An} {Investigation} of {Service} {Robots} in {Nursing} {Environments}},
  issn = {2510-2591},
  url = {https://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4052},
  doi = {10.18420/ecscw2020_dc08},
  abstract = {This overview explains the first steps of a participatory design project. The aim is to evaluate a service robot for nursing with a qualitative approach and to explore technical and affective practices. The data will be analyzed with practice theory related to the grounded design paradigm. Expert interviews with five care workers and five IT specialists in the field of robotics will be conducted during 2020. Afterwards a series of participatory workshops with participants in need will be carried out focusing on the practices related to robots in caring settings.},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2021-04-16},
  author = {Paluch, Richard},
  year = {2020},
  note = {Accepted: 2020-06-09T15:13:50Z
  Publisher: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)},
  keywords = {italg},
  }

• ---

  Hohmann, V., Paluch, R., Krueger, M., Meis, M. & Grimm, G. (2020)The Virtual Reality Lab: Realization and Application of Virtual Sound Environments.

  IN Ear and hearing, Vol. 41 Suppl 1, Pages: 31S–38S doi:10.1097/AUD.0000000000000945
  [BibTeX] [Abstract]

  To assess perception with and performance of modern and future hearing devices with advanced adaptive signal processing capabilities, novel evaluation methods are required that go beyond already established methods. These novel methods will simulate to a certain extent the complexity and variability of acoustic conditions and acoustic communication styles in real life. This article discusses the current state and the perspectives of virtual reality technology use in the lab for designing complex audiovisual communication environments for hearing assessment and hearing device design and evaluation. In an effort to increase the ecological validity of lab experiments, that is, to increase the degree to which lab data reflect real-life hearing-related function, and to support the development of improved hearing-related procedures and interventions, this virtual reality lab marks a transition from conventional (audio-only) lab experiments to the field. The first part of the article introduces and discusses the notion of the communication loop as a theoretical basis for understanding the factors that are relevant for acoustic communication in real life. From this, requirements are derived that allow an assessment of the extent to which a virtual reality lab reflects these factors, and which may be used as a proxy for ecological validity. The most important factor of real-life communication identified is a closed communication loop among the actively behaving participants. The second part of the article gives an overview of the current developments towards a virtual reality lab at Oldenburg University that aims at interactive and reproducible testing of subjects with and without hearing devices in challenging communication conditions. The extent to which the virtual reality lab in its current state meets the requirements defined in the first part is discussed, along with its limitations and potential further developments. Finally, data are presented from a qualitative study that compared subject behavior and performance in two audiovisual environments presented in the virtual reality lab-a street and a cafeteria-with the corresponding field environments. The results show similarities and differences in subject behavior and performance between the lab and the field, indicating that the virtual reality lab in its current state marks a step towards more ecological validity in lab-based hearing and hearing device research, but requires further development towards higher levels of ecological validity.

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  title = {The {Virtual} {Reality} {Lab}: {Realization} and {Application} of {Virtual} {Sound} {Environments}.},
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  doi = {10.1097/AUD.0000000000000945},
  abstract = {To assess perception with and performance of modern and future hearing devices with advanced adaptive signal processing capabilities, novel evaluation methods are required that go beyond already established methods. These novel methods will simulate to a certain extent the complexity and variability of acoustic conditions and acoustic communication styles in real life. This article discusses the current state and the perspectives of virtual reality technology use in the lab for designing complex audiovisual communication environments for hearing assessment and hearing device design and evaluation. In an effort to increase the ecological validity of lab experiments, that is, to increase the degree to which lab data reflect real-life hearing-related function, and to support the development of improved hearing-related procedures and interventions, this virtual reality lab marks a transition from conventional (audio-only) lab experiments to the field. The first part of the article introduces and discusses the notion of the communication loop as a theoretical basis for understanding the factors that are relevant for acoustic communication in real life. From this, requirements are derived that allow an assessment of the extent to which a virtual reality lab reflects these factors, and which may be used as a proxy for ecological validity. The most important factor of real-life communication identified is a closed communication loop among the actively behaving participants. The second part of the article gives an overview of the current developments towards a virtual reality lab at Oldenburg University that aims at interactive and reproducible testing of subjects with and without hearing devices in challenging communication conditions. The extent to which the virtual reality lab in its current state meets the requirements defined in the first part is discussed, along with its limitations and potential further developments. Finally, data are presented from a qualitative study that compared subject behavior and performance in two audiovisual environments presented in the virtual reality lab-a street and a cafeteria-with the corresponding field environments. The results show similarities and differences in subject behavior and performance between the lab and the field, indicating that the virtual reality lab in its current state marks a step towards more ecological validity in lab-based hearing and hearing device research, but requires further development towards higher levels of ecological validity.},
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  number = {Suppl 1},
  journal = {Ear and hearing},
  author = {Hohmann, Volker and Paluch, Richard and Krueger, Melanie and Meis, Markus and Grimm, Giso},
  year = {2020},
  pmid = {33105257},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {31S--38S},
  }

2019

• ---

  Fröhlich, J. K. & Paluch, R. (2019)Wandel aus Sorge

  IN Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen. Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018., Vol. 39
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Der Begriff sozialer Wandel gilt als ein Grundbegriff der Soziologie. Dieser Bezug auf den sozialen Wandel wird seitdem immer wieder perpetuiert: Der Wissenschaftszweig Soziologie hat seinen Ursprung in dem Erleben eines sozialen Wandels und widmet sich fortwährend der Frage, was eigentlich die Moderne auszeichnet, wie es zu diesem Wandel hin zur Moderne gekommen ist, und wie dieser Wandel erforscht werden kann. In diesem Beitrag schlagen wir eine Perspektive vor, die sozialen Wandel auch bei der Verwendung qualitativer Methoden in den Fokus nehmen kann. Dafür lenken wir den Blick auf die erlebbare Veränderung von Erwartungsstrukturen in sozialen Bewegungen. Wir vertreten dabei einen akteurszentrierten Ansatz, um den sozialen Wandel zu untersuchen. Aus einer phänomenologisch-qualitativen Perspektive stellen wir die Frage, wie Zeitlichkeit auf eine Weise erfahren wird, dass sozialer Wandel zum einen als solcher erlebt wird und zum anderen als erstrebenswert bzw. bekämpfenswert erscheint. In diesem Beitrag verdeutlichen wir unsere Perspektive an empirischem Material aus dem Kontext der neuen rechten Bewegung.

  @article{frohlich_wandel_2019,
  title = {Wandel aus {Sorge}},
  volume = {39},
  copyright = {Copyright (c) 2019 Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen - 39. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie},
  issn = {2367-4504},
  url = {https://publikationen.soziologie.de/index.php/kongressband_2018/article/view/1053},
  abstract = {Der Begriff sozialer Wandel gilt als ein Grundbegriff der Soziologie. Dieser Bezug auf den sozialen Wandel wird seitdem immer wieder perpetuiert: Der Wissenschaftszweig Soziologie hat seinen Ursprung in dem Erleben eines sozialen Wandels und widmet sich fortwährend der Frage, was eigentlich die Moderne auszeichnet, wie es zu diesem Wandel hin zur Moderne gekommen ist, und wie dieser Wandel erforscht werden kann. In diesem Beitrag schlagen wir eine Perspektive vor, die sozialen Wandel auch bei der Verwendung qualitativer Methoden in den Fokus nehmen kann. Dafür lenken wir den Blick auf die erlebbare Veränderung von Erwartungsstrukturen in sozialen Bewegungen. Wir vertreten dabei einen akteurszentrierten Ansatz, um den sozialen Wandel zu untersuchen. Aus einer phänomenologisch-qualitativen Perspektive stellen wir die Frage, wie Zeitlichkeit auf eine Weise erfahren wird, dass sozialer Wandel zum einen als solcher erlebt wird und zum anderen als erstrebenswert bzw. bekämpfenswert erscheint. In diesem Beitrag verdeutlichen wir unsere Perspektive an empirischem Material aus dem Kontext der neuen rechten Bewegung.},
  language = {de},
  urldate = {2021-04-16},
  journal = {Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen. Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018.},
  author = {Fröhlich, Johanna Karoline and Paluch, Richard},
  month = oct,
  year = {2019},
  keywords = {Ethnographie, Neue Rechte Bewegung, Phänomenologie, Qualitative Sozialforschung, Soziale Bewegung, sozialer Wandel, Sozialtheorie},
  }

• ---

  Paluch, R., Krüger, M., Hendrikse, M. M. E., Grimm, G., Hohmann, V. & Meis, M. (2019)Towards plausibility of audiovisual simulations in the laboratory: Methods and first results from subjects with normal hearing or with hearing impairment

  IN Z. Audiol, Pages: 6–15
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  @article{paluch_towards_2019,
  title = {Towards plausibility of audiovisual simulations in the laboratory: {Methods} and first results from subjects with normal hearing or with hearing impairment},
  url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.4126/FRL01-006412919},
  number = {58},
  journal = {Z. Audiol},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Krüger, Max and Hendrikse, Maartje M. E. and Grimm, Giso and Hohmann, Volker and Meis, Markus},
  year = {2019},
  keywords = {italg},
  pages = {6--15},
  }

• ---

  Paluch, R. (2019)Die technisch vermittelte Umweltbeziehung des leiblichen Selbstes in virtuellen Welten

  IN Mensch und Welt im Zeichen der Digitalisierung doi:10.5771/9783845293226-145
  [BibTeX]

  @incollection{paluch_technisch_2019,
  title = {Die technisch vermittelte {Umweltbeziehung} des leiblichen {Selbstes} in virtuellen {Welten}},
  isbn = {978-3-8487-5121-1},
  booktitle = {Mensch und {Welt} im {Zeichen} der {Digitalisierung}},
  publisher = {Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH \& Co. KG},
  author = {Paluch, Richard},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.5771/9783845293226-145},
  pages = {145--164},
  }

2018

• ---

  Paluch, R., Krüger, M. & Meis, M. (2018)The technization of self-care in hearing aid research

  , Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie
  [BibTeX] [Download PDF]

  @misc{paluch_technization_2018,
  title = {The technization of self-care in hearing aid research},
  url = {https://www.dga-ev.com/fileadmin/dga2018/site/data/final/0056.pdf},
  language = {en},
  publisher = {Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Krüger, Melanie and Meis, Markus},
  year = {2018},
  note = {ISBN: 9783981314175
  OCLC: 1028746255},
  }

• ---

  Meis, M., Krueger, M., v. Gablenz, P., Holube, I., Gebhard, M., Latzel, M. & Paluch, R. (2018)Development and Application of an Annotation Procedure to Assess the Impact of Hearing Aid Amplification on Interpersonal Communication Behavior

  IN Trends in Hearing, Vol. 22, Pages: 2331216518816201 doi:10.1177/2331216518816201
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Hearing impairment is associated with a decrease in speech intelligibility and health-related quality of life, such as social isolation and participation restriction. However, little is known about the extent to which hearing impairment and hearing aid fittings change behavior in acute communication situations as well as interrelated behavior patterns. Based on a pilot study, in which the basis for annotating communication behavior was laid, group discussions in noise were initiated with 10 participants using three different hearing-aid brands. The proposed offline annotation scheme revealed that different hearing aids were associated with changes in behavior patterns. These behavioral changes were congruent with speech recognition threshold results and also with subjective assessments. Some of the results were interpreted in terms of participation restriction and activity limitation following the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. In addition to the offline annotation scheme, a procedure for instantaneous coding of eight behavior patterns was iteratively developed and used for the quick examination of lab studies with good to excellent interrater reliability values.

  @article{meis_development_2018,
  title = {Development and {Application} of an {Annotation} {Procedure} to {Assess} the {Impact} of {Hearing} {Aid} {Amplification} on {Interpersonal} {Communication} {Behavior}},
  volume = {22},
  issn = {2331-2165},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518816201},
  doi = {10.1177/2331216518816201},
  abstract = {Hearing impairment is associated with a decrease in speech intelligibility and health-related quality of life, such as social isolation and participation restriction. However, little is known about the extent to which hearing impairment and hearing aid fittings change behavior in acute communication situations as well as interrelated behavior patterns. Based on a pilot study, in which the basis for annotating communication behavior was laid, group discussions in noise were initiated with 10 participants using three different hearing-aid brands. The proposed offline annotation scheme revealed that different hearing aids were associated with changes in behavior patterns. These behavioral changes were congruent with speech recognition threshold results and also with subjective assessments. Some of the results were interpreted in terms of participation restriction and activity limitation following the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. In addition to the offline annotation scheme, a procedure for instantaneous coding of eight behavior patterns was iteratively developed and used for the quick examination of lab studies with good to excellent interrater reliability values.},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2021-04-16},
  journal = {Trends in Hearing},
  author = {Meis, Markus and Krueger, Melanie and Gablenz, Petra v. and Holube, Inga and Gebhard, Maria and Latzel, Matthias and Paluch, Richard},
  month = jan,
  year = {2018},
  note = {Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc},
  keywords = {italg, disability and health, hearing aid, hearing loss, international classification of functioning, interpersonal communication behavior, quality-of-life},
  pages = {2331216518816201},
  }

2017

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  Meis, M., Krueger, M., Gebhard, M., v Gablenz, P., Holube, I., Grimm, G. & Paluch, R. (2017)Development and application of a code system to analyse behaviour in real life listening environments

  IN Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, Vol. 6, Pages: 31–38
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Numerous studies showed that different hearing aid (HA) algorithms improve speech intelligibility in typical lab situations as measures of clinical efficacy. From the perspective of auditory ecology, it remains obscure to what extent these results really allow for estimating the outcome in listening situations in real life. One promising tool is the observation of participants behaviour induced by different HA settings. We developed an annotation system for coding the behaviour related to the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in iterative steps. The first inputs were derived from a series of lab studies, using virtual acoustics. It was shown that different directional modes of HAs influenced real life behaviour. First indications of activity limitation according to ICF (d3504 ‘Conversing with many people’) were found. Additionally, the behaviour of users in real life was described by means of ‘ethnographical walks’ outside of the laboratory using field notes. We identified further behaviour patterns addressing spatial awareness. The conversation related ICF sub-categories were validated by analyses of inter-rater reliability (IRR). The outcome of these analyses led to a reformulation of an annotation/coding system for the usage on tablet PCs for instantaneous coding of the test persons behaviour in real life.

  @article{meis_development_2017,
  title = {Development and application of a code system to analyse behaviour in real life listening environments},
  volume = {6},
  copyright = {Copyright (c) 2018 Markus Meis, Melanie Krueger, Maria Gebhard, Petra v. Gablenz, Inga Holube, Giso Grimm, Richard Paluch},
  issn = {2596-5522},
  url = {https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2017-05},
  abstract = {Numerous studies showed that different hearing aid (HA) algorithms improve speech intelligibility in typical lab situations as measures of clinical efficacy. From the perspective of auditory ecology, it remains obscure to what extent these results really allow for estimating the outcome in listening situations in real life. One promising tool is the observation of participants behaviour induced by different HA settings. We developed an annotation system for coding the behaviour related to the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in iterative steps. The first inputs were derived from a series of lab studies, using virtual acoustics. It was shown that different directional modes of HAs influenced real life behaviour. First indications of activity limitation according to ICF (d3504 ‘Conversing with many people’) were found. Additionally, the behaviour of users in real life was described by means of ‘ethnographical walks’ outside of the laboratory using field notes. We identified further behaviour patterns addressing spatial awareness. The conversation related ICF sub-categories were validated by analyses of inter-rater reliability (IRR). The outcome of these analyses led to a reformulation of an annotation/coding system for the usage on tablet PCs for instantaneous coding of the test persons behaviour in real life.},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2021-04-16},
  journal = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research},
  author = {Meis, Markus and Krueger, Melanie and Gebhard, Maria and Gablenz, Petra v and Holube, Inga and Grimm, Giso and Paluch, Richard},
  year = {2017},
  keywords = {ethnography, annotation, audiology, behaviour analyses, ecological validity, Health related Quality of Life, ICF},
  pages = {31--38},
  }

• ---

  Beis, D., Paluch, R. & Raich, J. (2017)Raumwahrnehmung und a priori-Raum: Anmerkungen zum interdisziplinären Diskurs

  IN Anthropologie der Wahrnehmung Heidelberg
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  @incollection{beis_raumwahrnehmung_2017,
  address = {Heidelberg},
  title = {Raumwahrnehmung und a priori-{Raum}: {Anmerkungen} zum interdisziplinären {Diskurs}},
  isbn = {978-3-8253-6756-5},
  shorttitle = {Raumwahrnehmung und a priori-{Raum}},
  url = {http://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/3543/},
  urldate = {2021-04-16},
  booktitle = {Anthropologie der {Wahrnehmung}},
  publisher = {Universitätsverlag Winter},
  author = {Beis, Daniel and Paluch, Richard and Raich, Joachim},
  year = {2017},
  note = {Issue: 16
  Num Pages: 564
  Number: 16},
  pages = {395--422},
  }

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  Paluch, R., Krueger, M., Hendrikse, M. M. E., Grimm, G., Hohmann, V. & Meis, M. (2017)Ethnographic research: The interrelation of spatial awareness, everyday life, laboratory environments, and effects of hearing aids

  IN Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, Vol. 6, Pages: 39–46
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  Hearing is multidimensional. It affects the whole body and yet it is still an open question whether and how general factors of everyday life are affected by the use of modern hearing aids (HA) with different signal processing options. This study addressed, therefore, the question to what extent HA may shape the HA users’ everyday life. Accordingly, the behavior of N=22 HA users and non-users was observed experimentally using a theory-based ethnographic research design that comprises written reports and several steps of theorizing and reasoning. Data were collected in two specific everyday life situations (road traffic and restaurant) and by three modes (unaided, omnidirectional, and directional microphone mode). The analytical results of the ethnographical studies were summarized and used for testing hypotheses in an advanced laboratory with virtual audio-visual environments reproducing the same everyday life situations. Different typical behavior patterns were identified by means of fieldnotes, indicating that hearing impaired users with the first experience of HA provision showed comparatively expressive orientation reactions towards spatial sound sources. The behavior analyses were partly confirmed by questionnaire data. The analytical results led to first suggestions and improvements for the ongoing (re-)creation of virtual audio-visual scenes.

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  title = {Ethnographic research: {The} interrelation of spatial awareness, everyday life, laboratory environments, and effects of hearing aids},
  volume = {6},
  copyright = {Copyright (c) 2018 Richard Paluch, Melanie Krueger, Maartje M. E. Hendrikse, Giso Grimm, Volker Hohmann, Markus Meis},
  issn = {2596-5522},
  shorttitle = {Ethnographic research},
  url = {https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2017-06},
  abstract = {Hearing is multidimensional. It affects the whole body and yet it is still an open question whether and how general factors of everyday life are affected by the use of modern hearing aids (HA) with different signal processing options. This study addressed, therefore, the question to what extent HA may shape the HA users’ everyday life. Accordingly, the behavior of N=22 HA users and non-users was observed experimentally using a theory-based ethnographic research design that comprises written reports and several steps of theorizing and reasoning. Data were collected in two specific everyday life situations (road traffic and restaurant) and by three modes (unaided, omnidirectional, and directional microphone mode). The analytical results of the ethnographical studies were summarized and used for testing hypotheses in an advanced laboratory with virtual audio-visual environments reproducing the same everyday life situations. Different typical behavior patterns were identified by means of fieldnotes, indicating that hearing impaired users with the first experience of HA provision showed comparatively expressive orientation reactions towards spatial sound sources. The behavior analyses were partly confirmed by questionnaire data. The analytical results led to first suggestions and improvements for the ongoing (re-)creation of virtual audio-visual scenes.},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2021-04-16},
  journal = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Krueger, Melanie and Hendrikse, Maartje M. E. and Grimm, Giso and Hohmann, Volker and Meis, Markus},
  year = {2017},
  keywords = {everyday life, grounded theory, auditory spatial awareness, behavior patterns, Ecological validity, effects of hearing aids, ethnographic research, laboratory environments},
  pages = {39--46},
  }

• ---

  Paluch, R., Krüger, M., Grimm, G. & Meis, M. (2017)Moving from the field to the lab: towards ecological validity of audio-visual simulations in the laboratory to meet individual behavior patterns and preferences.

  20. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Audiologie – Hearing meets Brain: neurale Aspekte des Hörens. Aalen, Baden-Württemberg
  [BibTeX]

  @inproceedings{paluch_moving_2017,
  address = {Aalen, Baden-Württemberg},
  title = {Moving from the field to the lab: towards ecological validity of audio-visual simulations in the laboratory to meet individual behavior patterns and preferences.},
  booktitle = {20. {Jahrestagung} der {Deutschen} {Gesellschaft} für {Audiologie} - {Hearing} meets {Brain}: neurale {Aspekte} des {Hörens}},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Krüger, Melanie and Grimm, Giso and Meis, Markus},
  year = {2017},
  }

2016

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  Paluch, R. (2016)Sorgefall: Technisierte Selbstversorgung. Eine sozialwissenschaftliche Analyse der Interaktionsbeziehungen von Personen mit einer Hörgeräteversorgung bezogen auf die Technisierung der Sorge

  IN Dimensionen der Sorge doi:10.5771/9783845272597-159
  [BibTeX]

  @incollection{paluch_sorgefall_2016,
  title = {Sorgefall: {Technisierte} {Selbstversorgung}. {Eine} sozialwissenschaftliche {Analyse} der {Interaktionsbeziehungen} von {Personen} mit einer {Hörgeräteversorgung} bezogen auf die {Technisierung} der {Sorge}},
  isbn = {978-3-8487-2907-4},
  shorttitle = {Sorgefall},
  booktitle = {Dimensionen der {Sorge}},
  publisher = {Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH \& Co. KG},
  author = {Paluch, Richard},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.5771/9783845272597-159},
  pages = {159--166},
  }

2015

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  Paluch, R., Latzel, M. & Meis, M. (2015)A new tool for subjective assessment of hearing aid performance: Analyses of Interpersonal Communication

  IN Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research, Vol. 5, Pages: 453–460
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  The performance of two different adaptive beamformer approaches in environments close to reality were investigated. They were subjectively evaluated via questionnaires and focus group discussions. Additionally, a new tool was tested, to assess how well video analyses with external rating of subjects’ communication behavior, related to the grounded theory approach, generate new measures to describe the communication behavior using the different hearing aid algorithms. With this methodology, the results show different behavior of the participants between the algorithms in loud environments only. The new assessment tool was found to be a valuable method for obtaining a deeper insight into subjects’ behavior and a new promising outcome tool for audiology.

  @article{paluch_new_2015,
  title = {A new tool for subjective assessment of hearing aid performance: {Analyses} of {Interpersonal} {Communication}},
  volume = {5},
  copyright = {Copyright (c) 2015 The Danavox Jubilee Foundation},
  issn = {2596-5522},
  shorttitle = {A new tool for subjective assessment of hearing aid performance},
  url = {https://proceedings.isaar.eu/index.php/isaarproc/article/view/2015-54},
  abstract = {The performance of two different adaptive beamformer approaches in environments close to reality were investigated. They were subjectively evaluated via questionnaires and focus group discussions. Additionally, a new tool was tested, to assess how well video analyses with external rating of subjects’ communication behavior, related to the grounded theory approach, generate new measures to describe the communication behavior using the different hearing aid algorithms. With this methodology, the results show different behavior of the participants between the algorithms in loud environments only. The new assessment tool was found to be a valuable method for obtaining a deeper insight into subjects’ behavior and a new promising outcome tool for audiology.},
  language = {en},
  urldate = {2021-04-16},
  journal = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Auditory and Audiological Research},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Latzel, Matthias and Meis, Markus},
  month = dec,
  year = {2015},
  pages = {453--460},
  }

• ---

  Paluch, R. (2015)Dimensionen der Sorge: 1. Jahrestagung des Evangelischen Studienwerks e.V. Villigst, 24.-25. September 2015

  IN Soziopolis: Gesellschaft beobachten
  [BibTeX] [Download PDF]

  @article{paluch_dimensionen_2015,
  title = {Dimensionen der {Sorge}: 1. {Jahrestagung} des {Evangelischen} {Studienwerks} e.{V}. {Villigst}, 24.-25. {September} 2015},
  shorttitle = {Dimensionen der {Sorge}},
  url = {https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/82160/ssoar-sopolis-2015-paluch-Dimensionen_der_Sorge_1_Jahrestagung.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-sopolis-2015-paluch-Dimensionen_der_Sorge_1_Jahrestagung.pdf},
  language = {de},
  journal = {Soziopolis: Gesellschaft beobachten},
  author = {Paluch, Richard},
  month = sep,
  year = {2015},
  }

• ---

  Paluch, R., Krueger, M., Schulte, M., Meis, M. & Holube, I. (2015)Einfluss von Fingerfertigkeit und Nahsehschärfe auf die Bedienung von HdO- und IdO-Hörgeräten

  Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen
  [BibTeX]

  @inproceedings{paluch_einfluss_2015,
  address = {Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen},
  title = {Einfluss von {Fingerfertigkeit} und {Nahsehschärfe} auf die {Bedienung} von {HdO}- und {IdO}-{Hörgeräten}},
  author = {Paluch, Richard and Krueger, Melanie and Schulte, Michael and Meis, Markus and Holube, Inga},
  month = mar,
  year = {2015},
  keywords = {italg},
  }

2014

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  Baumgartner, H., Paluch, R., Fuhrmann, K., Meis, M., Rennies, J. & Appell, J. (2014)Usability evaluation of self-fitting interfaces for personalized sound systems

  
  [BibTeX] [Abstract] [Download PDF]

  One way of reaching a larger target group with hearing-support technologies is to integrate such technologies into widely-spread, non-stigmatising consumer electronic devices such as hifi- or life-styleproducts. To enable the users to fit the hearing support to their own hearing loss, the ambient noise or their hearing preferences, one needs routines which allow fitting the sound transmission individually without any technical knowledge. Ideally, these routines should also enable the user to readjust the sound settings at any time depending on the current environmental conditions. In a sequence of several studies we investigated the usability of four different “self-fitting” approaches. Three of them operate on a limited parameter space, in which the user can vary frequency-dependent compression parameters with the help of haptic knobs, a two-dimensional touchscreen application, or a paired comparison. The fourth routine evaluates loudness impressions of the subjects to compute the compression settings. The user interfaces were evaluated with hearing-impaired persons between 55 and 70 years, who were instructed to adjust the sound settings of different audio stimuli to their personal preferences. The interfaces were investigated in an “Out of the box”-test design and video and audio recordings were made to evaluate the subject’s behaviour during the self-fitting tasks using a Grounded Theory approach. In addition, time logs and different kinds of performance data were recorded. For each user interface, the System Usability Scale (SUS)” was determined. Preliminary usability analyses indicate a preference of the users for the 2D interface and the haptic knobs.

  @misc{baumgartner_usability_2014,
  title = {Usability evaluation of self-fitting interfaces for personalized sound systems},
  url = {http://www.uzh.ch/orl/dga2014/programm/wissprog/Baumgartner.pdf},
  abstract = {One way of reaching a larger target group with hearing-support technologies is to integrate such technologies into widely-spread, non-stigmatising consumer electronic devices such as hifi- or life-styleproducts. To enable the users to fit the hearing support to their own hearing loss, the ambient noise or their hearing preferences, one needs routines which allow fitting the sound transmission individually without any technical knowledge. Ideally, these routines should also enable the user to readjust the sound settings at any time depending on the current environmental conditions. In a sequence of several studies we investigated the usability of four different “self-fitting” approaches. Three of them operate on a limited parameter space, in which the user can vary frequency-dependent compression parameters with the help of haptic knobs, a two-dimensional touchscreen application, or a paired comparison. The fourth routine evaluates loudness impressions of the subjects to compute the compression settings. The user interfaces were evaluated with hearing-impaired persons between 55 and 70 years, who were instructed to adjust the sound settings of different audio stimuli to their personal preferences. The interfaces were investigated in an “Out of the box”-test design and video and audio recordings were made to evaluate the subject’s behaviour during the self-fitting tasks using a Grounded Theory approach. In addition, time logs and different kinds of performance data were recorded. For each user interface, the System
  Usability Scale (SUS)” was determined. Preliminary usability analyses indicate a preference of the users
  for the 2D interface and the haptic knobs.},
  author = {Baumgartner, H. and Paluch, Richard and Fuhrmann, K. and Meis, Markus and Rennies, J. and Appell, J.},
  month = mar,
  year = {2014},
  }