Earlier this year, we reported on Solomon Githu’s environmental audio monitoring wearable that was designed to assist the hearing impaired. As a refresher, studies have shown that deaf individuals are three times more likely to be hit by a car while crossing the street than their hearing counterparts, in large part because they miss important audible cues. Githu was determined to overcome this problem by creating a wrist-mounted device that could provide a warning, via haptic feedback, when important sounds, like those of emergency vehicle sirens and car horns, were detected.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.edgeimpulse.com/blog/putting-the-pro-in-prototype-environmental-audio-monitoring-wearable-with-syntiants-tinyml-board