Audio Impaired Driving Assistant
Abstract— Currently, deaf drivers (and drivers with hearing loss) are legally allowed to drive in all fifty states of the United States. While some states do require minimum hearing requirements during driving exams, we are proposing a system that ensures a new level of automotive safety for both the auditorily-impaired drivers as well as members of the general public. Our proposed system, the Audio Impaired Driving Assistant (AIDA), aims to increase the safety of all drivers on the road by providing haptic feedback to these hearing-impaired users in the presence of any emergency vehicle sirens and car horns around them. We chose this problem as it is a real-world issue that affects the safety of all people on the road. Driving is an essential part of society today, and our work aims to build upon the safety and accessibility of this privilege to all auditorily-impaired people.