Augmenting the Hearing of Safety-Critical Sounds for Highway Workers using Artificial Intelligence

This innovation, based on artificial intelligence, is aimed at augmenting the audibility of safety-critical sound for enhanced safety of highway workers exposed to loud and complex noises where the exposures could not be controlled or eliminated. The new hearing protection technology will let safety-critical sounds get through while effectively blocking unwanted noises. The project outcome will help preserve the audibility of safety-critical sounds, enabling the hearing of desired sounds with less cognitive demand. This new noise canceling technology, when successfully developed, will have a great potential to enhance the safety of work zones.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5463

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $140000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-30, IDEA 247

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Safety Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA)

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Managing Organizations:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Zelinski, Patrick

• Performing Organizations:
  ,   Germany 

  Clemson University

  110 Lowry Hall
  Box 340911
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634-0911
• Principal Investigators:

  Le, Tuyen

• Start Date: 20231001
• Expected Completion Date: 20250930
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial intelligence; Noise control; Protection; Road construction workers; Sound transmission; Work zone safety
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01875930
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-30, IDEA 247
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 20 2023 5:30PM