Chattanooga

The Challenge:

• Provide speech therapists with a comfortable, easy-to-use probe for post-stroke vocal (intra-oral) electrotherapy
• Establish functional, usability, and form factor requirements for a new universal probe
• Develop design concepts and models for a new universal probe product

The Approach:

• Observe electrotherapy in a stroke rehabilitation hospital
• Interview experienced speech therapists regarding electrotherapy probe requirements
• Evaluate existing electrotherapy products
• Consult with engineers and designers from The Chattanooga Group
• Identify Human Factors and Industrial Design requirements for the universal probe
• Develop Human Factors and Industrial Design concepts for the new probe
• Build foam design prototypes of the most promising concepts
• Evaluate concepts and Human Factors requirements with engineers and designers

The Result: Provided workable concepts for a new universal electrotherapy probe and a complete description of the human factors and industrial design requirements for such a product.

Services: Human factors, User research, Product design, Product illustration, 3D form studies, Concept development, Rapid prototyping