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Cochlear implant (CI) users experience reduced speech understanding in noisy environments. This study introduces a novel deep learning method for real-time phoneme classification in CIs, potentially improving speech processing.

Keywords:
cochlear implantsmanner of articulationphoneme classificationreverberationspeech enhancement

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Area of Science:

  • Audiology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Speech intelligibility for cochlear implant (CI) users significantly declines in noisy and reverberant conditions.
  • Phoneme-based speech enhancement improves automatic speech recognition (ASR) in reverberant settings, but this approach is not yet used in CI technology.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and evaluate a causal deep learning framework for real-time phoneme classification within a CI processor.
  • To investigate the effectiveness of CI-inspired features for phonetic unit categorization.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a deep learning framework using long short-term memory (LSTM) networks.
  • Classified phonemes and manner of articulation using features extracted at the time-frequency resolution of a CI processor.
  • Tested the model in both anechoic and reverberant conditions.

Main Results:

  • The proposed framework successfully classified phonemes and manner of articulation.
  • CI-inspired features demonstrated slightly superior performance compared to traditional ASR features.
  • The study achieved real-time classification potential for phonetic units.

Conclusions:

  • This research presents the first real-time phoneme classification framework for CIs.
  • The developed system shows promise for enhancing speech processing and intelligibility in CI users, particularly in challenging acoustic environments.