A system includes a vehicle, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and an earpiece having an earpiece housing, a physiological monitoring sensor, an intelligent control system operatively connected to the physiological monitoring sensor and disposed within the ear piece housing, and a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the intelligent control system. The vehicle is configured to receive health data from the ear piece. A method includes sensing physiological data at one or more physiological sensors of an ear piece of an occupant of a vehicle, wirelessly communicating a representation of the physiological data from the ear piece to a vehicle network of the vehicle, and performing an action by the vehicle in response the physiological data to enhance safety of the vehicle.
