Conversion of spatial audio signals to textual or haptic description

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including program instructions which when executed by the at least one processor cause operations comprising:
• receiving a spatial audio signal;
• processing the spatial audio signal to extract one or more sound features from the spatial audio signal;
• interpreting the one or more sound features;
• generating textual data or haptic stimuli based on the interpretation of the one or more sound features;
• and
• causing the textual data or the haptic stimuli to be sent to a user device to be presented to a hearing-impaired user.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor, cause operations comprising:

• receiving a spatial audio signal;
• processing the spatial audio signal to extract one or more sound features from the spatial audio signal;
• interpreting the one or more sound features;
• generating textual data or haptic stimuli based on the interpretation of the one or more sound features;
• and
• causing the textual data or the haptic stimuli to be sent to a user device to be presented to a hearing-impaired user.