A Smart Nocturnal Environment Monitoring System for the Hearing Impaired

John Finlay; Stefan Greppmair; Michael Jennings; Matthew Kane; Johannes Leopold; P Catherwood; James Uhomoibhi

A Smart Nocturnal Environment Monitoring System for the Hearing Impaired

John Finlay, Stefan Greppmair, Michael Jennings, Matthew Kane, Johannes Leopold, P Catherwood, James Uhomoibhi

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel machine learning prototype to actively assist hearing-impaired people during sleeping hours. The prototype can learn ambient sounds and intelligently decide if they are indicative of dangerous situations such as warning alarms, or if they are merely unimportant background sounds. The application is targeted towards the hearing-impaired who will have removed hearing aids or external components of cochlear implants before sleep. Any sounds of importance can then be translated into vibrations to awaken the sleeping hearing impaired user. The system is suggestive of future smart interactive machines to assist and protect those with either hearing loss or profound deafness.

Original language	English
Pages	1-3
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 6 Jul 2018
Event	British HCI Conference 2018 - Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland Duration: 2 Jul 2018 → 6 Jul 2018

Conference

Conference	British HCI Conference 2018
Abbreviated title	BHCI2018
Country/Territory	Northern Ireland
City	Belfast
Period	2/07/18 → 6/07/18

Keywords

Hearing
Intelligent
Machine learning
Prototypes

UN SDGs

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A Smart Nocturnal Environment Monitoring System for the Hearing Impaired

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