The I’CITYFORALL project aims at
enhancing the sense of security and
self-confidence of presbycusic people
whose hearing degradation increases
with age. Two mobility environments are
considered: public confined spaces and
urban space. The ICT solutions consist
of intelligent loudspeakers for better intelligibility
of vocal messages in public
confined spaces and systems embedded
in vehicles for better localization of
urban sound alarms like ambulances,
police cars, fire trucks, etc., as the presbycusis
alters the perception of distance
and the direction of sound source.
The targeted population corresponds to
people older than 50 years in mobility
situations and affected by presbycusis
that induces a loss of sense of safety
and self-confidence.
The I’CITYFORALL innovations will be
tested by using the analysis software
developed by the CENTICH and involving
90 users of the targeted population
which will be compared to a normal
group of population. The results of this
assessment will form the basis of a labelling
procedure that can be extended
to other technological solutions.
Three demonstrators will be presented
at the end of the I’CITYFORALL project:
s Assessing Intelligibility product based
on the I’CITYFORALL
s Loudspeakers dedicated to large
spaces
s Vehicles equipped with automatic real-time
presbycusis equalization and
alarm localization systems

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• Western Europe and North America

• Older persons
• People with disabilities

The I’CITYFORALL project aims at enhancing the sense of security and self-confidence of presbycusic people whose hearing degradation increases with age. Two mobility environments are considered: public confined spaces and urban space. The ICT solutions consist of intelligent loudspeakers for better intelligibility of vocal messages in public confined spaces and systems embedded in vehicles for better localization of urban sound alarms like ambulances, police cars, fire trucks, etc., as the presbycusis alters the perception of distance and the direction of sound source.