Wireless communication integrated hybrid active noise control system for infant incubators

This paper proposed a wireless communication integrated hybrid active noise control (ANC) system that will reduce the level of noise in an infant incubator at the infant's ear and provide two-way wireless communication between infant and his/her parents/caregivers both inside and outside the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The proposed system use ANC technique to reduce the noise. The wireless communication integrated system will be used to release stress, improve bonding and improve language development. The real-time experiments show that the proposed system can significantly reduce the noise exposure to the infants being placed in infant incubators with consequent reduction the health risk induced by high-level noise in NICU and provide bonding opportunities for infants and their parents.