Subject: [AUDITORY] CfP Challenges in Hearing Aid Technology (CHAT-2017) From: Jon Barker <j.p.barker@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:07:14 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--94eb2c1239a08beea30548f94bca 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, 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 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 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 --94eb2c1239a08beea30548f94bca Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">=C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 ------------------------------</span><wbr style=3D"font-size:12.= 800000190734863px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">----</spa= n><br><div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 1st International Workshop on=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"font-size= :12.800000190734863px">Challenges in Hearing Aid Technology (CHAT-2017)</di= v><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"fon= t-size:12.800000190734863px">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0ISCA Satellite Workshop of= Interspeech 2017</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">=C2=A0= =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Stockholm, August 19th 2017</div><div style=3D"font-s= ize:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734= 863px">=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017/= " target=3D"_blank">http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/<wbr>chat2017/</a></div><d= iv style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ----------= --------------------<wbr>----</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907348= 63px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><di= v style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">IMPORTANT DATES</div><div style= =3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.80= 0000190734863px">- Submission opens: April 17th, 2017</div><div style=3D"fo= nt-size:12.800000190734863px">- Submission closes: June 2nd, 2017</div><div= style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Acceptance notification: July 1= 0th, 2017</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Camera-ready= paper: July 24th, 2017</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">= - Workshop date: August 19, 2017</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001907= 34863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div>= <div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">OVERVIEW</div><div style=3D"f= ont-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8000001= 90734863px">One of the biggest challenges for hearing impaired listeners is= understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Noise levels tha= t are typical of everyday social situations can have a devastating impact o= n speech intelligibility. Inability to communicate effectively can lead to = social withdrawal and isolation. Unfortunately, current hearing aid and coc= hlear implant technology is often ineffective in these situations. Although= amplification can restore audibility, it does not compensate for the full = effects of hearing loss.</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"= ><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">The aim of this IS= CA-sponsored workshop is to present the challenges of hearing aid signal pr= ocessing to the wider speech science and speech technology communities. Rec= ent advances in hearing aid hardware are presenting opportunities for incre= asingly sophisticated processing. For example, wireless communication betwe= en the hearing aid and a mobile device can allow non-latency critical compu= tation to be freed from the low-power constraints attendant with traditiona= l aids. These advances raise the prospect that the computationally demandin= g techniques employed with great success in statistical speech modelling an= d statistical acoustic scene analysis could soon be exploited for hearing a= id processing.</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div= ><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">We believe that new directio= ns in hearing aid research can be inspired by bringing together speech tech= nologists and hearing researchers. We anticipate that the workshop will sti= mulate a two-way conversation between the speech research community and hea= ring aid developers. Hearing aid developers, who are not typically represen= ted at Interspeech, will have an opportunity to present the challenges of t= heir industry to the speech community; the speech community will be able to= present and discuss potentially transformative approaches to speech in noi= se processing in the presence of hearing researchers and industry experts.<= /div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"= font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000= 190734863px">CALL FOR PAPERS</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.80000019073486= 3px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">Any work relat= ed to the challenges of hearing aid signal processing will be considered re= levant. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to,</div><div style= =3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.80= 0000190734863px">- New directions in multimodal hearing technology</div><di= v style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Models of speech intelligibili= ty for normal and hearing impaired listeners</div><div style=3D"font-size:1= 2.800000190734863px">- Applications of auditory scene analysis</div><div st= yle=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Binaural technology for speech enh= ancement and source separation</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734= 863px">- Microphone and multi-microphone technology</div><div style=3D"font= -size:12.800000190734863px">- Low-latency approaches to speech intelligibil= ity enhancement</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Statis= tical model-driven approaches to hearing aid processing</div><div style=3D"= font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Emerging Audio-visual (AV) approaches to = speech enhancement</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">- Qua= lity & Intelligibility Assessment of audio for HA/CI users</div><div st= yle=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12= .800000190734863px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"= >ORGANISING COMMITTEE</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><b= r></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">Jon Barker, Universit= y of Sheffield, UK</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">John = Culling, University of Cardiff, UK=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.80= 0000190734863px">John Hansen, University of Texas, Dallas, US</div><div sty= le=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">Amir Hussain, University of Stirling,= UK</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">Peter Nordqvist, KTH= , Stockholm, Sweden</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px"><br>= </div><div style=3D"font-size:12.800000190734863px">For further details see= =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/chat2017" target=3D"_blank">h= ttp://spandh.dcs.shef.ac.uk/<wbr>chat2017</a></div><div style=3D"font-size:= 12.800000190734863px"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style= =3D"margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.800000190734863px"></div></div><br><div= class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><br></div></div></div= ></div> </div> --94eb2c1239a08beea30548f94bca--