Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• VisAural: A Wearable Sound-Localisation Device for People with Impaired Hearing

  Benjamin M. Gorman (2014) — ASSETS '14: Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This paper presents VisAural, a wearable device that converts sound direction information into visual cues for people with hearing impairments. The system addresses a gap left by conventional hearing aids, which help with general sound detection but …

  • hearing impairments
  • wearable technology
  • sound localisation
  • sensory substitution
  • assistive technology