[ Spectrum ]
Over-ear headphones for people with autism
Personal Project | 2021 | 3 months
Individual
Problem
People with autism suffer a lot in social situations. They have heightened sensory issues, especially oversensitive hearing, which makes it harder for them to focus on one specific audio at a time. This extreme sound input leads to overwhelming conditions such as seizures and panic attacks.
Keywords
Inclusive design | Form study | CMF | Headphones
Awards
IF Design Talent Award 2022 - Winner
Taiwan Design Award 2022- Winner
BraunPrize 2021 - Winner Spl mention
Behance feature - 2022 - Product Design category
MIT wpu 2022 - Jury’s choice award
Concept
Spectrum is a noise-cancelling headphones which features an optical heart rate monitoring system which constantly monitors the heart rate, detects anxiety attacks & relieves the user from the attack. It also has cardioid microphones which automatically detects and enables only the closest audio by neutralising the background noise. Only when a nearby person calls out the user's name or mentions any conversation starters (hey, excuse me etc.) the speak only feature gets enabled.
Research
Identifying key pain points for a person with ASD when it comes to public places informed a variety of concepts and interventions that improves the user experience for the user.
How might we...
design a device for kids and adults with autism (kanner’s, aspergers’s, SPD) which detects anxiety attacks & helps the user converse normally in a noisy environment?
What makes Spectrum different?
It is the FIRST of its KIND to cater to such a user base where their daily struggles are unnoticed and not solved. There are 2 main features in spectrum which elevates the whole experience of using these headphones.
Thank You!
