5G-IoT Cloud based Demonstration of Real-Time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement for Multimodal Hearing-aids

Ankit Gupta, Abhijeet Bishnu, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Tughrul Arslan, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain, Tharmalingam Ratnarajah, Mathini Sellathurai

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Abstract

Over twenty percent of the world's population suffers from some form of hearing loss, making it one of the most significant public health challenges. Current hearing aids commonly amplify noises while failing to improve speech comprehension in crowded social settings. In this demonstration, we showcase a proof-of-concept implementation of the world's first 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled multi-modal hearing aid (MM HA) prototype. This integrates an innovative 5G cloud-radio access network (C-RAN) and IoT based transceiver model for real-time audio-visual speech enhancement (AVSE). Specifically, we demonstrate a transceiver model for Cloud-based AVSE which satisfies high data rate and low latency requirements for future MM HAs. The innovative 5G-IoT transceiver application is shown to satisfy HA latency limitations while transmitting raw noisy AV data from an MM HA prototype device to the cloud for deep learning-based real-time AVSE processing and obtaining a clean audio signal.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2023
Pages686-687
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2023
Event24th International Speech Communication Association Conference 2023 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 20 Aug 202324 Aug 2023
https://interspeech2023.org/

Conference

Conference24th International Speech Communication Association Conference 2023
Abbreviated titleINTERSPEECH 2023
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period20/08/2324/08/23
Internet address

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Signal Processing
  • Software
  • Modelling and Simulation

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