Treating Auditory Hypersensitivity in Autistic Children using Virtual Ambisonics

目前在英国，大约每100名儿童中就有1名被诊断为自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)。他们经常在处理听觉感觉信息方面有困难，并可能对常见的日常声音感到过敏，表现为负面行为反应。如果没有早期和有针对性的治疗，这可能会对儿童的社会发展产生负面影响，最终影响他们的心理健康、福祉和生活质量。本项目的目的是研究和开发一种系统，利用听觉技术来监测实时听觉输入和生物识别数据之间的相关性，目的是检测听者本地环境中对声音的情绪反应。通过测量与压力相关的皮肤电活动，可以识别导致情绪困扰的特定听觉刺激，这有助于提供心理干预并管理儿童的听觉环境。此外，该系统还具有应用智能噪声控制技术的潜力，该技术旨在管理真实世界的音景。

Currently in the UK, approximately 1 per 100 children are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Often they have difficulties in processing auditory sensory information and can experience hypersensitivity to common everyday sounds, manifesting via negative behavioural responses. Without early and targeted therapy, this can lead to negative impacts of a child's social development and ultimately their mental health,wellbeing and quality of life.The aim of this project is to research and develop a system that utilises hearable technology to monitor the correlation between real-time auditory input and biometric data, with the purpose of detecting the emotional response to sounds within a listener's local environment. By measuring the electrodermal activity associated with stress, it will be possible to identify specific auditory stimuli which cause emotional distress which can help inform psychological interventions and manage a child's auditory environment. Furthermore, the system has the potential in the application of an intelligent noise control technique designed to manage real-world soundscapes.