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Risk of blindness, organ damage, and death increase if SpO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      remains outside the target range. A more informative sonification may improve clinicians\u2019 ability to maintain the target range.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In two desktop experiments, nonclinicians\u2019 ability to detect SpO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      range and direction of change was tested with novel versus conventional sonifications of simulated patient data. In Experiment 1, a \u201cshoulder\u201d sonification used larger pitch differences between adjacent saturation percentages for SpO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      values outside the target range. 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