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EarRumble: Discreet Hands- and Eyes-Free Input by Voluntary Tensor Tympani Muscle Contraction |
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ABSTRACTWe explore how discreet input can be provided using the tensor tympani - a small muscle in the middle ear that some people can voluntarily contract to induce a dull rumbling sound. We investigate the prevalence and ability to control the muscle through an online questionnaire (N=192) in which 43.2% of respondents reported the ability to “ear rumble”. Data collected from participants (N=16) shows how in-ear barometry can be used to detect voluntary tensor tympani contraction in the sealed ear canal. This data was used to train a classifier based on three simple ear rumble “gestures” which achieved 95% accuracy. Finally, we evaluate the use of ear rumbling for interaction, grounded in three manual, dual-task application scenarios (N=8). This highlights the applicability of EarRumble as a low-effort and discreet eyes- and hands-free interaction technique that users found “magical” and “almost telepathic”. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2021 | 10.1145/3411764.3445205 | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Keywords | DocType | Citations |
tensor tympani muscle, discreet interaction, subtle gestures, earables, hearables, in-ear barometry | Conference | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 5 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Röddiger | 1 | 0 | 4.39 |
| Christopher Clarke | 2 | 4 | 1.41 |
| Daniel Wolffram | 3 | 0 | 1.01 |
| Matthias Budde | 4 | 175 | 23.08 |
| M. Beigl | 5 | 2034 | 311.09 |