2021 Volume 2021 Issue 90 Pages 37-45
In this paper, we examined the impact of watching a bubble tube, a type of Snoezelen device, on physiological indices of both students with intellectual disabilities and healthy students in multisensory environments, noting the significance of developmental support in multisensory environments. Psychological statistics showed that heart rate is significantly lower at the 5％ level at 5 and 10 minutes after starting class a dark environment than in a brightly-lit environment, for both students with intellectual disabilities and healthy students. There was no significant difference in percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) prior to starting, or at 5 minutes and 10 minutes after starting, suggesting that the tube affects cardiopulmonary function more than respiratory function. Among students with intellectual disabilities, behavioral changes such as stabilization of emotions and sleepiness were observed. In this study, it was suggested that a dim multisensory environment helps both children with intellectual disabilities and healthy students to control visual stimuli, leading to psychological stability.
