Subject: [AUDITORY] Final call for papers/abstracts: Challenges in Hearing Aid Technology (CHAT-2017) From: Jon Barker <j.p.barker@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 13:26:21 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--001a1145d8e2f0bcd005506c7199 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" ---------------------------------- 1st International Workshop on Challenges in Hearing Aid Technology (CHAT-2017) ISCA Satellite Workshop of Interspeech 2017 Stockholm University, August 19th 2017 http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017/ ---------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES - Submission opens: April 17th, 2017 - Submission closes: June 2nd, 2017 - Acceptance notification: July 10th, 2017 - Camera-ready paper: July 24th, 2017 - Workshop date: August 19, 2017 OVERVIEW One of the biggest challenges for hearing impaired listeners is understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Noise levels that are typical of everyday social situations can have a devastating impact on speech intelligibility. Inability to communicate effectively can lead to social withdrawal and isolation. Unfortunately, current hearing aid and cochlear implant technology is often ineffective in these situations. Although amplification can restore audibility, it does not compensate for the full effects of hearing loss. The aim of this ISCA-sponsored workshop is to present the challenges of hearing aid signal processing to the wider speech science and speech technology communities. Recent advances in hearing aid hardware are presenting opportunities for increasingly sophisticated processing. For example, wireless communication between the hearing aid and a mobile device can allow non-latency critical computation to be freed from the low-power constraints attendant with traditional aids. These advances raise the prospect that the computationally demanding techniques employed with great success in statistical speech modelling and statistical acoustic scene analysis could soon be exploited for hearing aid processing. We believe that new directions in hearing aid research can be inspired by bringing together speech technologists and hearing researchers. We anticipate that the workshop will stimulate a two-way conversation between the speech research community and hearing aid developers. Hearing aid developers, who are not typically represented at Interspeech, will have an opportunity to present the challenges of their industry to the speech community; the speech community will be able to present and discuss potentially transformative approaches to speech in noise processing in the presence of hearing researchers and industry experts. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS / PAPERS Any work related to the challenges of hearing aid signal processing will be considered relevant. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, - New directions in multimodal hearing technology - Models of speech intelligibility for normal and hearing impaired listeners - Applications of auditory scene analysis - Binaural technology for speech enhancement and source separation - Microphone and multi-microphone technology - Low-latency approaches to speech intelligibility enhancement - Statistical model-driven approaches to hearing aid processing - Emerging Audio-visual (AV) approaches to speech enhancement - Quality & Intelligibility Assessment of audio for HA/CI users Prospective authors are invited to submit either abstracts or full 4-6 page papers. Details on the workshop website. ORGANISING COMMITTEE Jon Barker, University of Sheffield, UK John Culling, University of Cardiff, UK John Hansen, University of Texas, Dallas, US Amir Hussain, University of Stirling, UK Peter Nordqvist, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden Masahiro Sunahara, Rion Co. Ltd., Japan For further details see http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017 --001a1145d8e2f0bcd005506c7199 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --------------------------------= --</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 1st International Workshop on=C2= =A0</div><div>Challenges in Hearing Aid Technology (CHAT-2017)</div><div><b= r></div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0ISCA Satellite Workshop of Interspeech 201= 7</div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Stockholm University, August 19th 2= 017</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://spandh.dcs.she= f.ac.uk/chat2017/">http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017/</a></div><div>=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ----------------------------------</div><div><br></div><d= iv><br></div><div>IMPORTANT DATES</div><div><br></div><div>- Submission ope= ns: April 17th, 2017</div><div>- Submission closes: June 2nd, 2017</div><di= v>- Acceptance notification: July 10th, 2017</div><div>- Camera-ready paper= : July 24th, 2017</div><div>- Workshop date: August 19, 2017</div><div><br>= </div><div><br></div><div>OVERVIEW</div><div><br></div><div>One of the bigg= est challenges for hearing impaired listeners is understanding speech in th= e presence of background noise. Noise levels that are typical of everyday s= ocial situations can have a devastating impact on speech intelligibility. I= nability to communicate effectively can lead to social withdrawal and isola= tion. Unfortunately, current hearing aid and cochlear implant technology is= often ineffective in these situations. Although amplification can restore = audibility, it does not compensate for the full effects of hearing loss.</d= iv><div><br></div><div>The aim of this ISCA-sponsored workshop is to presen= t the challenges of hearing aid signal processing to the wider speech scien= ce and speech technology communities. Recent advances in hearing aid hardwa= re are presenting opportunities for increasingly sophisticated processing. = For example, wireless communication between the hearing aid and a mobile de= vice can allow non-latency critical computation to be freed from the low-po= wer constraints attendant with traditional aids. These advances raise the p= rospect that the computationally demanding techniques employed with great s= uccess in statistical speech modelling and statistical acoustic scene analy= sis could soon be exploited for hearing aid processing.</div><div><br></div= ><div>We believe that new directions in hearing aid research can be inspire= d by bringing together speech technologists and hearing researchers. We ant= icipate that the workshop will stimulate a two-way conversation between the= speech research community and hearing aid developers. Hearing aid develope= rs, who are not typically represented at Interspeech, will have an opportun= ity to present the challenges of their industry to the speech community; th= e speech community will be able to present and discuss potentially transfor= mative approaches to speech in noise processing in the presence of hearing = researchers and industry experts.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>C= ALL FOR ABSTRACTS / PAPERS</div><div><br></div><div>Any work related to the= challenges of hearing aid signal processing will be considered relevant. T= opics of interest include, but are not limited to,</div><div><br></div><div= >- New directions in multimodal hearing technology</div><div>- Models of sp= eech intelligibility for normal and hearing impaired listeners</div><div>- = Applications of auditory scene analysis</div><div>- Binaural technology for= speech enhancement and source separation</div><div>- Microphone and multi-= microphone technology</div><div>- Low-latency approaches to speech intellig= ibility enhancement</div><div>- Statistical model-driven approaches to hear= ing aid processing</div><div>- Emerging Audio-visual (AV) approaches to spe= ech enhancement</div><div>- Quality & Intelligibility Assessment of aud= io for HA/CI users</div><div><br></div><div>Prospective authors are invited= to submit either abstracts or full 4-6 page papers. Details on the worksho= p website.</div><div><br></div><div>ORGANISING COMMITTEE</div><div><br></di= v><div>Jon Barker, University of Sheffield, UK</div><div>John Culling, Univ= ersity of Cardiff, UK=C2=A0</div><div>John Hansen, University of Texas, Dal= las, US</div><div>Amir Hussain, University of Stirling, UK</div><div>Peter = Nordqvist, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden</div><div>Masahiro Sunahara, Rion Co. Ltd= ., Japan</div><div><br></div><div>For further details see <a href=3D"http:/= /spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017">http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017</a><= /div><div><br></div><div><br></div> </div> --001a1145d8e2f0bcd005506c7199--