A real-time selective speaker cancellation system for relieving social anxiety in autistics

  • Xi Wang
  • , Zhao Xi
  • , Omprakash Gnawali
  • , Katherine A. Loveland
  • , Varun Prakash
  • , Weidong Shi

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Abstract

Due to hypersensitivity to sound, patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) can feel frustrated and even profoundly fearful when talking with multiple speakers. This exacerbates their impairments in social interaction and communication. We propose a fully interactive system that allows ASD patient to focus on a single auditory stream (a person's voice) according to their preference during conversations. The system has the capacity to filter out other speakers' voices based on distinguishing their locations. The experimental results have demonstrated our prototyping system works reliably in regular conversations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2013
Pages420-423
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2013 - Venice, Italy
Duration: 5 May 20138 May 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2013

Conference

Conference2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2013
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityVenice
Period5/05/138/05/13

Keywords

  • Autism
  • auditory hypersensitivity
  • selective speaker cancellation
  • social anxiety

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