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人被诊断患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）。他们通常在处理听觉感官信息方面有困难，并可能对常见的日常声音过敏，表现为消极的行为反应。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，并最终对他们的心理健康、福祉和生活质量产生负面影响。该项目的目的是研究和开发一个系统，该系统利用可听技术来监测实时听觉输入和生物识别数据之间的相关性，目的是检测听众在当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，将有可能识别导致情绪困扰的特定听觉刺激，这可以帮助告知心理干预和管理儿童的听觉环境。此外，该系统具有应用智能噪声控制技术的潜力，该技术旨在管理现实世界的声景。

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.