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| author | Choi, Youjin Moon, Jaeyoung Yoo, Jinyoung Kim, Jennifer G. Hong, Jin-Hyuk |
| author_facet | Choi, Youjin Moon, Jaeyoung Yoo, Jinyoung Kim, Jennifer G. Hong, Jin-Hyuk |
| contents | Songwriting has long served as a powerful medium for expressing unconscious emotions and fostering self-awareness in psychotherapy. Due to the auditory-centric nature of traditional approaches, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) individuals have often been excluded from music's therapeutic benefits. In response, this study presents a music psychotherapy tool co-designed with therapists, integrating conversational agents (CAs) and music generative AI as symbolic and therapeutic media. Through a usage study with 23 DHH individuals, we found that collaborative song writing with the CA enabled them to experience emotional release, reinterpretation, and deeper self-understanding. In particular, the CA's strategies -- supportive empathy, example response options, and visual-based metaphors -- were found to facilitate musical dialogue effectively for DHH individuals. These findings contribute to inclusive AI design by showing the potential of human-AI collaboration to bridge therapeutic artistic practices. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Designing a Generative AI-Assisted Music Psychotherapy Tool for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals Choi, Youjin Moon, Jaeyoung Yoo, Jinyoung Kim, Jennifer G. Hong, Jin-Hyuk Human-Computer Interaction Songwriting has long served as a powerful medium for expressing unconscious emotions and fostering self-awareness in psychotherapy. Due to the auditory-centric nature of traditional approaches, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) individuals have often been excluded from music's therapeutic benefits. In response, this study presents a music psychotherapy tool co-designed with therapists, integrating conversational agents (CAs) and music generative AI as symbolic and therapeutic media. Through a usage study with 23 DHH individuals, we found that collaborative song writing with the CA enabled them to experience emotional release, reinterpretation, and deeper self-understanding. In particular, the CA's strategies -- supportive empathy, example response options, and visual-based metaphors -- were found to facilitate musical dialogue effectively for DHH individuals. These findings contribute to inclusive AI design by showing the potential of human-AI collaboration to bridge therapeutic artistic practices. |
| title | Designing a Generative AI-Assisted Music Psychotherapy Tool for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07963 |