MaskSound: Exploring Sound Masking Approaches to Support People with Autism in Managing Noise Sensitivity
Anna Y Park, Andy Jin, Jeremy Zhengqi Huang, Jesse Carr, Dhruv Jain · 2024 · Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2024)
This paper investigates sound masking as an alternative strategy for helping autistic individuals manage noise sensitivity in everyday environments. Unlike noise cancellation or isolation approaches that block out environmental sounds entirely, sound masking introduces ambient…
autism · noise sensitivity · sound masking · sensory accessibility · auditory environment