Critical Factors Affecting Intention of Use of Augmented Hearing Protection Technology in Construction
Critical Factors Affecting Intention of Use of Augmented Hearing Protection Technology in Construction
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DOI：
10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0002116
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发表时间：
2021-08-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Le, Tuyen
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作者：
Huang, Yongcan;Trinh, Minh Tri;Le, Tuyen
尽管存在职业性听力损失的风险，但许多接触噪声的建筑工人由于担心环境声音的可听度降低而不愿意佩戴听力保护装置（HPD）。增强听力保护技术使用先进的基于人工智能的信号处理来放大安全关键声音，为解决这一问题提供了巨大的潜力。为了促进这种新技术的接受，了解用户使用增强型HPD的意图至关重要。然而，目前的最新技术水平对用户使用这种新技术的意图知之甚少。本文填补了差距，探索因素，确定用户的意图，使用增强HPD的施工环境。数据收集使用问卷调查，从298从业者在美国，中国和日本。采用结构方程模型（SEM）方法对收集的数据进行分析。研究结果表明，使用者对增强型听力保护技术的使用意愿取决于其感知的有用性，其中感知的易用性、听力健康、安全意识和对自主性的信任是最关键的因素。本研究的发现丰富了对建筑技术采用理论的理解。它为未来增强听力保护技术的成功提出了关键设计和实施考虑的进一步措施。
Despite the risk of occupational hearing loss, many noise-exposed construction workers are unwilling to wear hearing protection devices (HPDs) due to their concern about the degraded audibility of environmental sounds. Augmented hearing protection technology that uses advanced artificial intelligenc-based signal processing to amplify safety-critical sounds offers great potential to address the issue. To facilitate the acceptance of this new technology, it is critical to understand the user's intention of use of augmented HPDs. The current state-of-the-art, however, offers little understanding about the user's intention of use of such new technology. This paper fills the gap by exploring factors that determine the user's intention of use of augmented HPDs in the construction environment. Data were collected using questionnaires from 298 practitioners in the US, China, and Japan. The structural equation modeling (SEM) method was adopted for analyzing the collected data. The results denote that the intention of use of augmented hearing protection technology is determined by the user's perceived usefulness of which the perceived ease of use, hearing health, and safety consciousness, trust on autonomy are among the most critical factors. The findings of this study enrich understandings of the theories of technology adoption in construction. It presents a further step towards critical design and implementation considerations for the success of augmented hearing protection technology in the future.