Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to transform hearing healthcare and research

NA Lesica, N Mehta, JG Manjaly, L Deng… - Nature Machine …, 2021 - nature.com
The advances in artificial intelligence that are transforming many fields have yet to make an
impact in hearing. Hearing healthcare continues to rely on a labour-intensive service model …

Advanced Artificial Intelligence Algorithms in Cochlear Implants: Review of Healthcare Strategies, Challenges, and Perspectives

B Essaid, H Kheddar, N Batel, A Lakas… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) plays a pivotal role in our daily lives, offering utility not
only for interacting with machines but also for facilitating communication for individuals with …

Deep neural network models of sound localization reveal how perception is adapted to real-world environments

A Francl, JH McDermott - Nature human behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
Mammals localize sounds using information from their two ears. Localization in real-world
conditions is challenging, as echoes provide erroneous information and noises mask parts …

From microphone to phoneme: an end-to-end computational neural model for predicting speech perception with cochlear implants

T Brochier, J Schlittenlacher, I Roberts… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Goal: Advances in computational models of biological systems and artificial neural networks
enable rapid virtual prototyping of neuroprostheses, accelerating innovation in the field …

A comparative study of eight human auditory models of monaural processing

AO Vecchi, L Varnet, LH Carney, T Dau… - Acta …, 2022 - acta-acustica.edpsciences.org
A number of auditory models have been developed using diverging approaches, either
physiological or perceptual, but they share comparable stages of signal processing, as they …

Neural Mode Estimation

P Sun, Z Wen, Y Zhou, Z Hong… - ICASSP 2023-2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mode decomposition methods are the current workhorse for the analysis of non-stationary
signals. However, current attempts at these methods mainly focus on improving accuracy …

A neural-network framework for the design of individualised hearing-loss compensation

F Drakopoulos, S Verhulst - IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sound processing in the human auditory system is complex and highly non-linear, whereas
hearing aids (HAs) still rely on simplified descriptions of auditory processing or hearing loss …

A convolutional neural-network framework for modelling auditory sensory cells and synapses

F Drakopoulos, D Baby, S Verhulst - Communications Biology, 2021 - nature.com
In classical computational neuroscience, analytical model descriptions are derived from
neuronal recordings to mimic the underlying biological system. These neuronal models are …

[HTML][HTML] DNN controlled adaptive front-end for replay attack detection systems

B Wickramasinghe, E Ambikairajah, V Sethu… - Speech …, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing robust countermeasures to protect automatic speaker verification systems
against replay spoofing attacks is a well-recognized challenge. Current approaches to …

Predicting the colouration between binaural signals

T McKenzie, C Armstrong, L Ward, DT Murphy… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although the difference between the fast Fourier transforms of two audio signals is often
used as a basic measure of predicting perceived colouration, these signal measures do not …