Syftet med projektet var att utveckla ett designkoncept för Monitor. Monitor är ett hjälpmedel för personer med nedsatt hörsel eller dövblindhet som utvecklats av Pariception AB. Projektets problemställning omfattade att ta fram en design som var användarvänlig, ergonomisk, användarcentrerad och anpassad till Pariception som varumärke. Projektet omfattade utvecklingen av ett designkoncept. Projektet omfattade inte tillverkningen av en fungerande prototyp. För att ta fram ett designkoncept för Monitor genomfördes de första stegen i en generell designprocess. Designprocessens olika steg var: planering av projekt, förstudie, konceptutveckling och utvärdering. I förstudien visades att semantik, sensoriska funktioner och taktil interaktion var väsentliga faktorer för att ta fram en användarvänlig design för personer med kombinerad syn- och hörselnedsättning. Utifrån den fakta och information som samlats i förstudien formulerades produktens krav och behov i en designspecifikation. Designspecifikationen var ett styrande dokument genom projektet och användes som underlag vid konceptutvärderingen. Konceptutvecklingen resulterade i fyra designkoncept för Monitor. Koncepten visualiserades med tredimensionella skissmodeller och renderingar. Samtliga koncept uppfyllde majoriteten av de krav och behov som ställts upp i designspecifikationen, däremot var det ett av designkoncepten som i utvärderingen uppnådde kraven och behoven för Monitor till en högre grad. / The aim of the project was to develop a design concept for Monitor. Monitor is an aid developed by Pariception AB for people with impairment of hearing or deaf-blindness. The problem was that the design concept had to be user friendly, ergonomic, human centered and adapted to Pariception as a trademark. The project involved the development of a design concept. It did not involve the production of a working prototype. To create a design concept for Monitor, the first stages in the general design process was performed. The stages in the design process were: planning, pilot study, concept development and evaluations. The pilot study showed that semantics, sensory functions and tactile interaction were the most essential factors in the development of a user-friendly design for people with a combined impairment of hearing and sight. Based on the facts and information that was discovered in the pilot study, a design specification containing requirements and needs for Monitor were created. The design specification was a governing document during the project and was the foundation of the evolution of the design concepts. The stage for concept development resulted in four design concepts for Monitor. The concepts were visualized by three-dimensional sketches and renderings. All concepts met the majority of the requirements and needs for Monitor. However, one of the design concepts was proved in the evaluations to be the most suitable for Monitor.

The diploma thesis is addressed to a developing of sensory perception of children educated as pupils with severe mental retardation and pupils with multiple disabilities. The thesis suggests their educational opportunities in the topic of "Man and their society". The thesis follows up all the senses and their developing, as well as it provides methodical support and suggests the ways of rendition and implementation into the educational reality. The research evaluates the improvement of sensory perception of four pupils during a two-year-long period. It proves a point that the systematical and long-term working with the pupils with severe mental retardation and pupils with multiple disabilities results in progress.

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