[AUDITORY] CHAT-2017 (John Culling )

Subject: [AUDITORY] CHAT-2017 From: John Culling <CullingJ@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:40:37 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_VI1PR02MB1341F56984514C2BEAD01B7287590VI1PR02MB1341eurp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all, Please find below a message from Jon Barker about a satellite workshop we are organising at Interspeech that seeks to bring together researchers on h= earing impairment with speech scientists and technologists. John. ---------------------------------- 1st International Workshop on Challenges in Hearing Aid Technology (CHAT-2017) ISCA Satellite Workshop of Interspeech 2017 Stockholm, 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 understandi= ng speech in the presence of background noise. Noise levels that are typica= l of everyday social situations can have a devastating impact on speech int= elligibility. Inability to communicate effectively can lead to social withd= rawal and isolation. Unfortunately, current hearing aid and cochlear implan= t technology is often ineffective in these situations. Although amplificati= on can restore audibility, it does not compensate for the full effects of h= earing loss. The aim of this ISCA-sponsored workshop is to present the challenges of hea= ring aid signal processing to the wider speech science and speech technolog= y communities. Recent advances in hearing aid hardware are presenting oppor= tunities for increasingly sophisticated processing. For example, wireless c= ommunication between the hearing aid and a mobile device can allow non-late= ncy critical computation to be freed from the low-power constraints attenda= nt with traditional aids. These advances raise the prospect that the comput= ationally demanding techniques employed with great success in statistical s= peech modelling and statistical acoustic scene analysis could soon be explo= ited for hearing aid processing. We believe that new directions in hearing aid research can be inspired by b= ringing together speech technologists and hearing researchers. We anticipat= e that the workshop will stimulate a two-way conversation between the speec= h research community and hearing aid developers. Hearing aid developers, wh= o are not typically represented at Interspeech, will have an opportunity to= present the challenges of their industry to the speech community; the spee= ch community will be able to present and discuss potentially transformative= approaches to speech in noise processing in the presence of hearing resear= chers and industry experts. CALL FOR 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 listener= s - 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 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 For further details see http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017 -- Dr Jon Barker, Reader in Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield +44 (0) 114 222 1824 Prof. John Culling, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, CF10 3AT Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 4556 Yr Athro John Culling, Yr Ysgol Seicoleg, Prifysgol Caerdydd, CF10 3AT Ff=F4n : +44 (0)29 2087 4556 --_000_VI1PR02MB1341F56984514C2BEAD01B7287590VI1PR02MB1341eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-GB" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> Dear all,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Please find below a message from Jon Barker about a = satellite workshop we <o:p></o:p> are organising at Interspeech that seeks to bring to= gether researchers on hearing<o:p></o:p> impairment with speech scientists and technologists.= <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> John.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>     ----------------------------------<o:p= ></o:p>         1st International Worksh= op on <o:p></o:p> Challenges in Hearing Aid Technology (CHAT-2017)<o:p= ></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>      ISCA Satellite Workshop of Inter= speech 2017<o:p></o:p>         Stockholm, August 19th 2= 017<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>     <a href=3D"http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.u= k/chat2017/">http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017/</a><o:p></o:p>       -------------------------------= ---<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> - Submission opens: April 17th, 2017<o:p></o:p> - Submission closes: June 2nd, 2017<o:p></o:p> - Acceptance notification: July 10th, 2017<o:p></o:p= > - Camera-ready paper: July 24th, 2017<o:p></o:p> - Workshop date: August 19, 2017<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> OVERVIEW<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> One of the biggest challenges for hearing impaired l= isteners is understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Noise= levels that are typical of everyday social situations can have a devastati= ng impact on speech intelligibility. Inability to communicate effectively can lead to social withdrawal and iso= lation. Unfortunately, current hearing aid and cochlear implant technology = is often ineffective in these situations. Although amplification can restor= e audibility, it does not compensate for the full effects of hearing loss.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 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 device can allow non-latency critical= computation to be freed from the low-power constraints attendant with trad= itional aids. These advances raise the prospect that the computationally demanding techniques employed with g= reat success in statistical speech modelling and statistical acoustic scene= analysis could soon be exploited for hearing aid processing.<o:p></o:p></p= > <o:p> </o:p> We believe that new directions in hearing aid resear= ch can be inspired by bringing together speech technologists and hearing re= searchers. We anticipate that the workshop will stimulate a two-way convers= ation 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 t= he challenges of their industry to the speech community; the speech communi= ty will be able to present and discuss potentially transformative approaches to speech in noise processing in the= presence of hearing researchers and industry experts.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Any work related to the challenges of hearing aid si= gnal processing will be considered relevant. Topics of interest include, bu= t are not limited to,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> - New directions in multimodal hearing technology<o:= p></o:p> - Models of speech intelligibility for normal and he= aring impaired listeners<o:p></o:p> - Applications of auditory scene analysis<o:p></o:p>= - Binaural technology for speech enhancement and sou= rce separation<o:p></o:p> - Microphone and multi-microphone technology<o:p></o= :p> - Low-latency approaches to speech intelligibility e= nhancement<o:p></o:p> - Statistical model-driven approaches to hearing aid= processing<o:p></o:p> - Emerging Audio-visual (AV) approaches to speech en= hancement<o:p></o:p> - Quality & Intelligibility Assessment of audio = for HA/CI users<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ORGANISING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Jon Barker, University of Sheffield, UK<o:p></o:p></= p> John Culling, University of Cardiff, UK <o:p></= o:p> John Hansen, University of Texas, Dallas, US<o:p></o= :p> Amir Hussain, University of Stirling, UK<o:p></o:p><= /p> Peter Nordqvist, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden<o:p></o:p></= p> <o:p> </o:p> For further details see <a href=3D"http://spandh.dcs= .shef.ac.uk/chat2017"> http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017</a><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -- <o:p></o:p> Dr Jon Barker,<o:p></o:p> Reader in Computer Science,<o:p></o:p> Department of Computer Science,<o:p></o:p> University of Sheffield<o:p></o:p> +44 (0) 114 222 1824<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p>&nbsp= ;</o:p> <o:p>&nbsp= ;</o:p> <div> <table class=3D"MsoNormalTable" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding= =3D"0" style=3D"border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td width=3D"301" valign=3D"top" style=3D"width:225.4pt;border:solid #BFBFB= F 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt"> Pro= f. John Culling, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, CF10 3AT</s= pan><o:p></o:p> Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 4= 556<o:p></o:p> </td> <td width=3D"301" valign=3D"top" style=3D"width:225.4pt;border:solid #BFBFB= F 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt"> Yr = Athro John Culling, Yr Ysgol Seicoleg, Prifysgol Caerdydd, CF10 3AT<o:p></o= :p> Ff=F4n : +44 (0)29 2087 4556= <o:p></o:p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <o:p> </o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_VI1PR02MB1341F56984514C2BEAD01B7287590VI1PR02MB1341eurp_--

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