The Problem Children with listening diffi culties due to hearing loss or auditory processing problems continue to be an underidentifi ed and underserved populati-on. � ere are many tools to increase the hearing ability for children with impaired hearing. Like hearing aid. But there is no tool to help children to familiarize with the new gained noise environ-ment. „What should I feel when I hear the siren of an ambulance and how should i react?“ � ere are tools to make sounds louder but not clearer to understand. Hearing doesn‘t mean listening.

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Project

SYNTERPRETDesigner

Leon Jiang Shiqi Yang姜力源 楊詩琪

University

National Taipei University of Technologie,Taipei / Taiwan, Industrial Design

Email

yiggajiang@hotmail.deyangfrom21@gmail.com

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Tapping on the screen will record the sound you‘re inte-rested in. You can rehear you favourite sounds at anytime.

Connect SYNTERPRET with your smartphone via NFC and upload and share your favou-rite recordings and add a sym-bol to it extend the recognition databank.

SYNTERPRET is listening all the time. It interprets the surounding noise and transla-te it into a icon.

� e bracelet also analyses the sound into a visible me-dium. Showing the exact volume (dB) and frequency (Hz) to the wearer.

1. Recognise

Electronic paper

Gold

Measurement

2. Analyse 3. Record 4. Share

Advantages of electronic paper includes low power usage (po-wer is only drawn when the display is updated), fl exibility and better readability than most displays.

Not just a tool also a accessory. Precious like very sound you hear and recognise.

Analyse your surroundings with meticulous precision.

INPUT // sound OUTPUT // image // sensation // data

There is a difference

between

hearing, listening

and understanding.

a companion helping people with im-paired-hearing to learn and under-stand Sound more deeply.

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