An IoT device to help the hospitality industry to recover inclusively and safely through innovative hearing wellness.

该项目将开发、原型和测试一种新的物联网（IoT）设备，以监测公共场所的声音性能数据，为数字听力健康平台提供动力。该平台将帮助人们通过做出明智的选择来管理自己的听力健康，并意味着企业可以根据他们策划的声音表现来吸引客户。它还将帮助企业管理声音水平，从而降低人们说话所需的音量，从而提高对新冠病毒的安全性。有多少次你因为背景噪音而难以集中精力工作？有多少次你离开嘈杂的餐厅时，耳朵嗡嗡作响，喉咙因大喊大叫而疼痛？超过一半的人被噪音和声音所包围，这些噪音和声音对我们的工作效率、健康和行为产生了负面影响。超过60%的人受到某种形式的声音容忍度下降的影响。虽然听力损失对某些人的影响可能比其他人更严重，甚至达到残疾的程度，但它几乎影响到每个人在生活中的某个阶段。我们知道，随着年龄的增长，这种情况会变得更加严重，噪音会让一些空间变得没有吸引力，甚至让许多人无法忍受。Mumbli是一个听力健康的数字平台。它帮助企业和消费者获得听力健康，从中受益，并共同为听力健康做出贡献。Mumbli的方法是开发一个以技术为基础的整体系统，使听力健康对每个人都有吸引力，并打破听力健康仅限于少数残疾人的耻辱。经过广泛的背景研究，Mumbli开发了一种独特的方法，可以根据该位置的声音数据，轻松地向用户传达有关公共空间声音的信息。该项目将开发，原型和实际测试一种创新的新型物联网设备，以主动记录公共空间的声音数据。然后，它记录的数据为提供给Mumbli听力健康平台用户的见解提供动力。与Mumbli合作使用该设备和平台的企业可以主动选择监控和策划其场所的“健全个性”——比如咖啡馆、酒吧或商店。他们与Mumbli的合作使他们获得了“声音认证”认证。该认证使用户能够依靠Mumbli的平台找到符合自己特定听力健康需求和偏好的场所。例如，这可能是一个他们知道他们可以安静地工作的咖啡馆，或者是一个他们知道他们可以听到朋友说话的餐馆，或者是一个可以降低进一步听力损伤风险的酒吧。该平台作为通往其他设备和服务的门户，可以帮助用户在未来进一步管理他们的听力健康。随着酒店业从COVID-19的影响中复苏，Mumbli的平台具有潜在的全球吸引力，并将帮助企业吸引那些可能因其他原因而不敢出门的受众。

This project will develop, prototype and test a new Internet of Things (IoT) device to monitor data on sound performance in public spaces, powering a digital hearing wellness platform. This platform will help people to manage their own hearing health by making informed choices and means businesses can appeal to customers based on the sound performance that they curate. It will also help businesses to be more COVID-secure by enabling them to manage sound levels, which reduces the volume people need to speak at to be heard.How many times have you struggled to concentrate on your work because of background noise? And how many times have you left a loud restaurant with your ears ringing and your throat sore from shouting?More than half of us are surrounded by noise and sound that negatively affects our productivity, wellbeing and behaviour. And over 60% of the population are affected by some form of decreased sound tolerance. While the impacts of hearing loss may be more acute for some people than others, to the point of disability, it affects almost everyone at some point in their life. We know that it becomes more severe as we age, and noise can make some spaces unattractive or even intolerable to many.Mumbli is a digital platform for hearing wellness. It helps businesses and consumers to access, benefit from and contribute towards hearing wellness together.Mumbli's approach is to develop a holistic technology-based system that makes hearing wellness attractive for everyone, and to break through the stigma of it being restricted to a smaller audience of people with a disability.Following extensive background research, Mumbli has developed a unique approach to easily communicating information to users about sound in public spaces, based on data about sound in that location.This project will develop, prototype and real-world test an innovative new IoT-enabled device to actively record sound data in public spaces. The data it records then powers the insights that are offered to users of Mumbli's hearing wellness platform.Businesses that partner with Mumbli to use the device and the platform can actively choose to monitor and curate the 'sound personality' of their venue - such as a cafe, a bar or a shop. Their partnership with Mumbli gives them access to a 'Certified for Sound' certification.This certification enables users to rely on Mumbli's platform to find venues that match their own particular hearing wellness needs and preferences. For example, that might be a cafe where they know they can work quietly, or a restaurant they know they can hear their friend talk in or a bar that will reduce the risk of further hearing damage. The platform acts as a gateway to other devices and services that can help users to further manage their hearing wellness in the future.As the hospitality sector recovers from COVID-19's impacts, Mumbli's platform has potential global appeal and will help businesses to appeal inclusively to audiences who may have otherwise been deterred from going out.