Target Speech Hearing SystemThe Target Speech Hearing (TSH) system, developed by University of Washington researchers, leverages AI to modify the auditory perception of headphone wearers based on their preferences. The proof-of-concept device, presented at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, is not yet commercially available, but the researchers have made the code publicly accessible on GitHub for others to build upon.
- The TSH system builds upon the team's previous work on "semantic hearing," which allowed users to select specific sound classes to focus on while canceling other sounds in the environment.
- Although the current system can only enroll one speaker at a time and requires the target speaker to be the loudest voice present during enrollment, the researchers are working on expanding the technology to earbuds and hearing aids in the future.
