The basic auditory interface techniques of auditory icons, earcons, and sonification can deftly address the needs of most domains. However, there are domains that cannot be adequately addressed by any single one of these techniques. By combining the characteristics of these basic techniques, hybrid auditory interface techniques can be created to cover those domains that auditory icons, earcons,
... [Show full abstract] or sonification cannot. This paper describes a methodology for creating hybrid auditory interface techniques. This methodology is demonstrated through the development of a sonification-auditory icons hybrid for use in a complex, supervisory control environment. The Varèse system 1 , which incorporates the sonification-auditory icons hybrid technique, is then developed to aid monitoring, fault detection, and fault isolation in a satellite-ground control environment. 1 Introduction There are three main techniques for the creation of non-speech auditory interfaces. These techniques are auditor...