A brain-inspired algorithm improves "cocktail party" listening for individuals with hearing loss.

ABSTRACT: Selective listening in competing-talker situations is an extraordinarily difficult task for many people. For individuals with hearing loss, this difficulty can be so extreme that it seriously impedes communication and participation in daily life. Directional filtering is one of few proven methods to improve speech understanding in competition, and most hearing devices now incorporate some kind of directional technology, although real-world benefits are modest, and many approaches fail in competing-talker situations. We recently developed a biologically inspired algorithm that is capable of very narrow spatial tuning and can isolate one talker from a mixture of talkers. The algorithm is based on a hierarchical network model of the auditory system, in which binaural sound inputs drive popula

SUBMITTER: Boyd AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12015318 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature