使用文本转化为语音和自动语音识别的数字在噪音中的听力测试:概念验证研究
Mohsen Fatehifar1, Kevin J Munro1,2, Michael A Stone1
1Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Trends in hearing
|October 1, 2025
概括
一个人工智能驱动的数字在噪音测试使用文本到语音和自动语音识别显示承诺. 这种新方法是传统测试的可行的替代方案,与先进的语音识别模型提供类似的有效性和更高的可靠性.
科学领域:
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
- 语音技术 语言技术
- 人工智能的人工智能
背景情况:
- 传统的数字在噪音测试对于评估在杂环境中的语音识别至关重要.
- 评估新的技术,如文本转语音 (TTS) 和自动语音识别 (ASR) 的听觉评估是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 评估人工智能驱动的数字在噪音测试的实施和性能.
- 将这种人工智能驱动测试的有效性和可靠性与传统的基于键盘和独立测试进行比较.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个人工智能驱动的数字噪声测试,利用TTS和ASR.
- 招募了31名参与者 (10名听力损失,21名听力正常).
- 通过将AI测试结果与独立测试和基线进行比较来评估有效性,并通过比较测试-重新测试相似性来评估可靠性.
主要成果:
- 基于人工智能的测试显示了与基于键盘的测试相似的有效性,与相似的协议水平 (-1.3 ± 4.9 dB与 -0.2 ± 4.4 dB).
- 最初的可靠性较差 (-1.0 ± 5.7 dB),但在移除异常值后显著改善 (-0.9 ± 3.8 dB),特别是在低误差的ASR (低声模型) 中.
- 人工智能驱动测试和独立测试之间的一致性为 -1.3 ± 4.9 dB.
结论:
- 使用合成刺激和ASR进行人工智能驱动的数字噪声测试是传统方法的可行替代方案.
- 整合TTS和ASR不会对测试有效性产生负面影响.
- 通过优化ASR,人工智能驱动的测试实现了与独立测试相比的可靠性,这表明它可以在现实世界中应用.
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