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- Comparing sensory experience creation process of visitors with hearing impairment and general visitors in Hong Kong Wetland ParkPublication . Chan, Chung Shing; Shek, Kwo Fung; AGAPITO, DORAUniversal accessibility and barrier-free experience of public spaces such as parks are at the frontier of social sustainability and disability research. Such accessible and quality public spaces are characterized by enjoyable sensory stimuli and facilitating factors determining the process of sensory experience creation. Among visitors with sensory impairment such as different ranges of hearing loss, an understanding and a comparison of this process with that of general visitors is largely absent. This paper presents a comparative investigation of the sensory experience creation process between visitors with hearing impairment (HI) and that of general visitors in the Hong Kong Wetland Park. This study incorporates a series of field visits to the Wetland Park with a sample of 104 HI participants and their self-reported, questionnaire-based survey, in parallel with 279 general visitor surveys. Through an inter-group statistical comparison between HI sub-groups of severe hearing loss and mild hearing loss and general visitors who reported no hearing difficulty, the findings suggest three variables with significant difference, namely, experienced tactile sense, interactions with other visitors, and feelings of attachment to the Wetland Park. HI experience-based recommendations are categorized into park features and environment and programming and experience enhancement.
- The sensory experience of visitors with hearing impairment in Hong Kong Wetland Park based on spatial sensory mapping and self-reported textual analysisPublication . Chan, Chung-Shing; Shek, Kwo Fung; AGAPITO, DORAThis study investigates the multi-sensory experience of visitors with hearing impairment (HI) in Hong Kong Wetland Park through spatial mapping of their self-reported positive and negative sensory stimuli, and expres-sion of the overall experience. A series of field visits for a total of 104 sampled voluntary HI participants were set up, applying a modified Sensory Experience Elicitation Protocol (SEEP) instrument in the form of self-administered questionnaire, to extract sensory information. The results show the geographical distribution of sensory stimuli and their spatial pattern of magnitude across different zones and features in the Wetland Park. Tactile experience of the HI participants is relatively rich compared to other non-visual senses. A combination of different stimuli can be found in the park, although visual, auditory and tactile elements seem to be more prominent.