VisAural: A Wearable Sound-Localisation Device for People with Impaired Hearing
Benjamin M. Gorman · 2014 · ASSETS '14: Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
This paper presents VisAural, a wearable device that converts sound direction information into visual cues for people with hearing impairments. The system addresses a gap left by conventional hearing aids, which help with general sound detection but do not preserve spatial…
hearing impairments · wearable technology · sound localisation · sensory substitution · assistive technology