Scientists
have developed glasses that allow a deaf person to "see" when a loud
sound such as the honk of a car is made and give an indication of where it came
from. Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST) in Taejon in South Korea made a pair of glasses for deaf people who
lack access to such potentially life-saving cues.
An
array of seven microphones, mounted on the frame of the glasses, pinpoints the
location of such sounds and relays that directional information to the wearer
through a set of LEDs embedded inside the frame, the New Scientist reported. The
glasses will only flash alerts on sounds louder than a threshold level, which
is defined by the wearer.
Article By
S.Nivedha
Final year
