Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : July 18, 2024
A monitoring support using a melody designed based on the cognitive function of elderly people is being considered for the purpose of helping people who need care to become independent. Melodies designed by designers based on the image of daily activities are being considered for this monitoring support as a recall support sound. In fact, previous studies have been conducted on the evaluation of functional sounds for daily life considering the body clock and the construction of a functional sound model considering the impression evaluation of elderly people and sound parameters. However, it is expected that it takes time and effort for elderly individuals to associate melodies with their daily activities. In this study, we focus on memory impairment, in which the elderly people forget daily activities (such as eating and bathing) due to cognitive decline, and investigate functional sound cues for daily life based on the estimation of brain regions involved in memory recall by analyzing cerebral blood flow using fNIRS.
