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 Volume 9, Issue 8 (August 2022), Pages: 79-83

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 Original Research Paper

 Hearing aid solutions for children with autism

 Author(s): Budor H. Saigh *

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2147-5366

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2022.08.010

 Abstract:

Children with autistic spectral disorder (ASD) have difficulty in processing sensory inputs, especially auditory inputs. There have been a number of technological solutions that have developed based on different approaches in the form of hearing devices, however, limitations include the inability to successfully allow, through whitelisting, important sounds such as fire alarms and the sounds of cars and car horns. This paper proposes a hearing device supported by an application as a solution for children with ASD, the device is based on blacklisting and whitelisting features that allow for a reduction in auditory input through a selective process and contributes to selectivity through whitelisting for safety purposes. The proposed device will reduce distraction associated with hyper-responsiveness to certain auditory inputs, such as those from teachers or working group members, and increase concentration in the child by having fewer distractions.

 © 2022 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Autism, Hearing aid, Auditory, Diagnosis, Solutions

 Article History: Received 18 February 2022, Received in revised form 14 May 2022, Accepted 19 May 2022

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Saigh BH (2022). Hearing aid solutions for children with autism. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 9(8): 79-83

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