Seeing with Sound: Creating a Training Module to Use Echolocation for Object Detection

This project explored using ultrasonic reflections to effectively identify an object’s size, distance, relative location, and solidity to improve the use of echolocation by the seeing impaired to “see” their surroundings. An interactive test program was created to train and assess the subjects’ ability to detect differences within a variable. Two main factors, object type and position, had significant (p