Auditory Alert Apparatus





Approximately 20 million people in the United States have some form of hearing impairment.   There are already products available that can notify deaf people of phone calls, doorbells, alarms, etc., but they are device-specific and not generally portable.
 
We have built a prototype for a device known as the Auditory Alert Apparatus, or AAA, that will alert hearing impaired people of any noises that are significantly louder than the environment.  The AAA will alert the user of sudden loud noises such as sirens or alarms, but not ambient noises such as a normal traffic on a busy street or music playing in a grocery store.  Our goal is to make it mobile and usable in everyday situations.  It should be as effective for a honk on a noisy road as it is for a phone ring in a quiet room.
Auditory Alert
Apparatus

Gregory Chin
Bryan Fan
Patrick Faner
Justin Hsia
Eric Lew