MusicTongue: A Tongue-Training Exergame Design for the Older Adults

Chia Hsu Huang, Ko Chiu Wu, Kuei Ru Chou

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Abstract

Swallowing ability declines with aging, which may cause problems such as choking in eating and difficulty in oral expression, reducing the quality of older adult's life. This study collaborated with medical experts and older adults to develop an oral-training exergame app - MusicTongue. The game design is similar to "Taiko no Tatsujin."Players can follow the music song they love and train the tongue with music beats. The game can recognize the player's movements through the Front-facing camera. After the game is finished, the game will show the training record. In the final iteration, we found that most elders can operate the game smoothly, leading to a greater willingness to perform oral-training exercises.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2022 - Extended Abstracts of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ISBN (Electronic)9781450391566
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 27 2022
Event2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Apr 30 2022May 5 2022

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period4/30/225/5/22

Keywords

  • Exergame
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Image-Recognition
  • Tongue-Training

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Software

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