Subject: [AUDITORY] [CFP] 3rd Clarity Prediction Challenge for hearing device intelligibility prediction (CPC3) From: Jon Barker <00000196bd06e182-dmarc-request@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:51:01 +0000--000000000000539b940630b681b5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" ---------------------------------------------- 3rd Clarity Prediction Challenge (CPC-3) Launch: March 17th, 2025; Submission: 31st July, 2025 Workshop: August 22nd, 2025, an INTERSPEECH satellite workshop https://claritychallenge.org/ ---------------------------------------------- Dear colleague, It gives us great pleasure to announce the launch of the *3rd Clarity Speech Separation and Recognition Challenge (CPC3)*. The Challenge To improve hearing enhancement technologies, such as hearing aids and hearable devices, we need reliable methods for automatically assessing the speech intelligibility of audio signals. In recent years, we have organised the CPC1 <https://claritychallenge.org/docs/cpc1/cpc1_intro> and CPC2 Challenges <https://claritychallenge.org/docs/cpc2/cpc2_intro> to promote the development of such prediction systems. We are now launching the third round of this challenge, building on previous efforts by incorporating a more extensive and diverse set of listener data for training and evaluation. *What will be provided* - *Hearing aid outputs:* Audio produced by various simulated hearing aids while processing speech in noisy environments. - *Clean speech reference signals* - *Listening Test Results*: This includes transcripts and intelligibility scores from tests in which hearing-impaired listeners were asked to repeat what they heard. - *Listener Characteristics*: Information regarding the severity of hearing impairment for each listener. - *Software Tools*: Tools include a baseline system based on HASPI scores. Your system will need to predict intelligibility scores based on the hearing aid outputs. We will explore two types of systems: intrusive metrics, which also use clean speech reference signals, and non-intrusive systems that make predictions based solely on the hearing aid outputs. There will be *cash prizes* for the top three systems courtesy of our sponsors, the Hearing Industry Research Consortium (https://hearingirc.com/) For further details, including how to obtain the data and how to register to enter, please see https://claritychallenge.org/docs/cpc3/cpc3_intro The Workshop The results of the new challenge will be showcased at an ISCA workshop satellite event of Interspeech 2025 in Rotterdam on 22nd August 2025. For further details, see https://claritychallenge.org/clarity2025-workshop/ Important Dates - 17th March 2025: Launch of challenge, the *release of the training data set* (i.e. signals and paired intelligibility scores). - 24th March 2025: *Release of the development data*. - 14th April 2025: Opening of the *development data leaderboard*. - 1st July 2025: *Release of evaluation data*. - 31st July 2025: *Submission deadline*. All entrants must have submitted their predictions plus a draft of their technical report. - Scores will be returned to entrants within 24 hours of submission. - 22nd August 2025: Clarity 2025 *workshop*, @xxxxxxxx, Rotterdam - 22nd September 2025: Deadline for submission of* finalised Workshop pap*ers For further information To keep up to date, please join our Clarity Challenge Google group <https://groups.google.com/g/clarity-challenge>. If you have questions, please contact us directly using the contact details found here <https://claritychallenge.org/contact>. Organisers Michael A. Akeroyd, University of Nottingham Jon Barker, University of Sheffield Trevor J. Cox, University of Salford John F. Culling, Cardiff University Jennifer Firth, University of Nottingham Simone Graetzer, University of Salford Graham Naylor, University of Nottingham Funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK Supported by RNID (formerly Action on Hearing Loss), Hearing Industry Research Consortium, Amazon TTS Research -- Professor Jon Barker, School of Computer Science, University of Sheffield +44 (0) 114 222 1824 --000000000000539b940630b681b5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin= -top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;col= or:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font= -variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:ba= seline">----------------------------------------------</span></p><p dir=3D"= ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span sty= le=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-= serif">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 3rd Clarity Prediction Challenge (CPC-3)</span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><s= pan style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color= :transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;fon= t-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0 =C2=A0 Launch: = March 17th, 2025; Submission: 31st July, 2025</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" styl= e=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"fon= t-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fon= t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-altern= ates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Workshop: Augu= st 22nd, 2025, an INTERSPEECH satellite workshop</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" s= tyle=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"= font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;= font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alt= ernates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0<a href=3D"= https://claritychallenge.org/" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"= color:rgb(26,115,232)">https://claritychallenge.org/</a></span></p><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span = style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tr= ansparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asi= an:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"></span></= p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0p= t"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-= color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norma= l;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">-----------------= -----------------------------</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height= :1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,s= ans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeri= c:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vert= ical-align:baseline">Dear colleague,</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line= -height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:R= oboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:= 700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant= -alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0= .87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:= 400"></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;ma= rgin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">It = gives us great pleasure t</span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif= ;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;= font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-alig= n:baseline">o announce the launch of the=C2=A0<b>3rd Clarity Speech Separat= ion and Recognition Challenge (CPC3)</b>.</span></p><div><span dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style=3D= "font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transpa= rent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:no= rmal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></s= pan></div><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo= ttom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);bac= kground-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-= variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:bas= eline"><span dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto= ,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;ma= rgin-top:16pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-ser= if;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-va= riant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates= :normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Challenge</span></span></span></p><p d= ir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><spa= n style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:= transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-a= sian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span d= ir=3D"ltr" style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,H= elvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;margin-top:16pt;= margin-bottom:4pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(2= 8,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertic= al-align:baseline"><br></span></span></span></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(14,16= ,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style= =3D"background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">To improve hea= ring enhancement technologies, such as hearing aids and hearable devices, w= e need reliable methods for automatically assessing the speech intelligibil= ity of audio signals.</span></p><p style=3D"color:rgb(14,16,26);background:= transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background:tra= nsparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></span></p><p style=3D"color= :rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><sp= an style=3D"background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">In rec= ent years, we have organised the=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://claritychal= lenge.org/docs/cpc1/cpc1_intro" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(74,110= ,224);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style= =3D"background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">CPC1</span></a= ><span style=3D"background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">= =C2=A0and=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://claritychallenge.org/docs/cpc2/cpc= 2_intro" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(74,110,224);background:transp= arent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background:transpare= nt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">CPC2 Challenges</span></a><span style= =3D"background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=C2=A0to promo= te the development of such prediction=C2=A0systems.=C2=A0 We are now launch= ing the third round of this challenge, building on previous efforts by inco= rporating a more extensive and diverse set of listener data for training an= d evaluation.</span></p><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"background-color= :transparent"><b>What will be provided</b></span></div><div><span style=3D"= background-color:transparent"><b><br></b></span></div><ul style=3D"margin-t= op:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:dis= c;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transp= arent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varia= nt-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role=3D"presentation" styl= e=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"back= ground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asia= n:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><b>Hearing= aid outputs:</b>=C2=A0Audio produced by various simulated hearing aids whi= le processing speech in noisy environments.</span></p></li><li style=3D"mar= gin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(= 28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-var= iant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseli= ne"><p role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margi= n-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-variant-nume= ric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;ve= rtical-align:baseline"><b>Clean speech reference signals</b></span></p></li= ><li style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Roboto,sans= -serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeri= c:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vert= ical-align:baseline"><p role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;mar= gin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Listening Test Results</b>: This includes= transcripts and intelligibility scores from tests in which hearing-impaire= d listeners were asked to repeat what they heard.</p></li><li style=3D"marg= in-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(2= 8,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-vari= ant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baselin= e"><p role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin= -bottom:0pt"><b>Listener Characteristics</b>: Information regarding the sev= erity of hearing impairment for each listener.</p></li><li style=3D"margin-= left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,3= 0,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">= <p role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo= ttom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertic= al-align:baseline"><b>Software Tools</b>: Tools include a baseline system b= ased on HASPI scores.</span></p></li></ul><div><font color=3D"#1c1e21" face= =3D"Roboto, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>Your system will need to pred= ict intelligibility scores based on the hearing aid outputs. We will explor= e two types of systems: intrusive metrics, which also use clean speech refe= rence signals, and non-intrusive systems that make predictions based solely= on the hearing aid outputs.</div><div><br></div><div>There will be=C2=A0<b= >cash prizes</b>=C2=A0for the top three systems courtesy of our sponsors, t= he Hearing Industry Research Consortium (<a href=3D"https://hearingirc.com/= " target=3D"_blank">https://hearingirc.com/</a>)</div><div><br></div><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span = style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:tra= nsparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-va= riant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For further details, inclu= ding=C2=A0how to obtain the data and how to register to enter, please=C2=A0= see=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://claritychallenge.org/docs/cpc3/cpc3_int= ro" rel=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(26,115,232)"><spa= n style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-col= or:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;f= ont-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">https://claritychall= enge.org/docs/cpc3/cpc3_intro</span></a></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-he= ight:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-fam= ily:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-we= ight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-va= riant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans= -serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:4pt">= <span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background= -color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">= The Workshop</span></span></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.= 38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,san= s-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numer= ic:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;ver= tical-align:baseline">The results of the new challenge will be showcased at= an ISCA workshop</span><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:= rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font= -variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:ba= seline">=C2=A0satellite event of=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-family:Rob= oto,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight= :700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varian= t-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Interspeech 2025 in Rotterdam = on 22nd August 2025</span><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;fo= nt-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:= baseline">.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0= pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rg= b(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertic= al-align:baseline"><br style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,R= obotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:400"></span></p><p dir=3D= "ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span sty= le=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transp= arent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varia= nt-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">For further details, see=C2= =A0</span><a href=3D"https://claritychallenge.org/clarity2025-workshop/" re= l=3D"nofollow" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(26,115,232)"><span styl= e=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:tra= nsparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-va= riant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">https://claritychallenge.o= rg/clarity2025-workshop/</span></a></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:= 1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line= -height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:R= oboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:= 700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant= -alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Important Dates=C2=A0</span></p= ><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"= ><br></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style=3D"margin= -left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0= ,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-e= ast-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p= role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bott= om:0pt">17th March 2025: Launch of challenge, the=C2=A0<b>release of the tr= aining data set</b>=C2=A0(i.e. signals and paired intelligibility scores).<= /p></li><li style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Robo= to,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-nu= meric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;= vertical-align:baseline"><p role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38= ;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">24th March 2025:=C2=A0<b>Release of the = development data</b>.</p></li><li style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type= :disc;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:trans= parent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-vari= ant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role=3D"presentation" sty= le=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">14th April 2025: O= pening of the=C2=A0<b>development data leaderboard</b>.</p></li><li style= =3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;col= or:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font= -variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:ba= seline"><p role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:0pt">1st July 2025:=C2=A0<b>Release of evaluation data</b>.</p= ></li><li style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Roboto= ,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-n= umeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal= ;vertical-align:baseline"><p role=3D"presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.3= 8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"background-color:transpa= rent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varian= t-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">31st July 2025:=C2=A0<b>Submis= sion deadline</b>. All entrants must have submitted their predictions plus = a draft of their technical report.</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;ma= rgin-bottom:0px"><li style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:circle;backg= round-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian= :normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role=3D"= presentation" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><= span style=3D"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font= -variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:ba= seline">Scores will be returned to entrants within 24 hours of submission.<= /span></p></li></ul></li><li style=3D"margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc= ;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transpa= rent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varian= t-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p role=3D"presentation" style= =3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"backg= round-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian= :normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">22nd August= 2025: Clarity 2025=C2=A0<b>workshop</b>, @xxxxxxxx, Rotterdam</span></p= ></li><li style=3D"margin-left:15px"><span style=3D"background-color:transp= arent;color:rgb(28,30,33);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif">22nd September 202= 5: Deadline for submission of<b>=C2=A0finalised Workshop pap</b>ers</span><= /li></ul><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bot= tom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;ma= rgin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0= ,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:norma= l;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-al= ign:baseline">For further information</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"lin= e-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:= Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-varian= t-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:nor= mal;vertical-align:baseline">To keep up to date, please join our</span><a h= ref=3D"https://groups.google.com/g/clarity-challenge" rel=3D"nofollow" targ= et=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(26,115,232)"><span style=3D"font-family:Ro= boto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-= numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:norma= l;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,s= ans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-var= iant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseli= ne">Clarity Challenge Google group</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:Rob= oto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-n= umeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal= ;vertical-align:baseline">. If you have questions, please contact us direct= ly using the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://claritychallenge.org/contact" rel=3D"n= ofollow" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:rgb(26,115,232)">contact details = found here</a>.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-t= op:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656= ;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-s= erif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-= variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternat= es:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Organisers</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" styl= e=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"fon= t-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fo= nt-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alter= nates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Michael A. Akeroyd, University of Not= tingham</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;= margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0= ,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">= Jon Barker, University of Sheffield</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-= height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:R= oboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant= -numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:norm= al;vertical-align:baseline">Trevor J. Cox, University of Salford</span></p>= <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"= ><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-c= olor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal= ;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">John F. Culling, C= ardiff University</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margi= n-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;c= olor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;fo= nt-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:= baseline">Jennifer Firth,=C2=A0 University of Nottingham</span></p><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:t= ransparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-= variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Simone Graetzer, Univers= ity of Salford</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-t= op:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;colo= r:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-= variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:bas= eline">Graham Naylor, University of Nottingham</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" sty= le=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"= ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span sty= le=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:trans= parent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:= normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Funded by=C2= =A0</span><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);bac= kground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asi= an:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">the Engin= eering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK</span></p><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span= style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:t= ransparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-as= ian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Supporte= d by</span><span style=3D"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);ba= ckground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-as= ian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0RN= ID (formerly Action on Hearing Loss), Hearing Industry Research Consortium,= Amazon TTS Research</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;mar= gin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p></div><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-h= eight:1.656;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">--<br></p><div dir=3D"ltr"><d= iv dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Professor Jon Barker,<div><div>School = of Computer Science,</div><div>University of Sheffield</div><div>+44 (0) 11= 4 222 1824</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> --000000000000539b940630b681b5--