people with autism They may find going out into the street quite a challenge. Excessive sounds such as an ambulance siren, firecrackers or a dog barking can make these people panic.

Ana Cogolludo, counselor at the Aucavi-Sur School, precisely explains the “great difficulties” that accompany them every day. Precisely to make the daily life of these people easier, an app based on artificial intelligence seeks to help them.

By connecting to headphones, the app works like a audible airbag, canceling the noises that may bother them and silencing their fears. This is how he explains it Alfredo Perezresponsible for innovation services at Samsung Iberia, who adds that the app analyzes sounds from outside and from the mobile, canceling those it considers annoying.

Jose Antonio Maleno, father of a child with autism spectrum disorder, celebrates that advances such as this app allow them to “go out”, something that sometimes they avoided to not have that “threat” in the form of an annoying sound.

The app has three modes: Content, Concentration or Calm. The latter is what allows the user to relax in the midst of a possible crisis. The pediatric neurologist Alfonso Amado details that it is the sound itself that can get the patient out of an anxiety attack.

Antonio Carrascodirector of the Aucavi-Sur School, also talks about the versatility of this app, which is personalized according to the difficulties that each child presents, and that is that “not everyone is affected the same“.