ABSE-NET: A Lightweight Neural Model for Active Binaural Speech Enhancement in Open-Fit Hearing Aids

📅 2026-09-01
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为解决开放式助听器声泄漏问题,提出ABSE-NET模型结合主动降噪与双耳语音增强技术,采用轻量级神经网络与BMVDR级联方法,有效提升目标语音质量。
📝 Abstract
Open-fit hearing aids have attracted growing attention due to their superior wearing comfort. However, the open-fit design inevitably causes acoustic leakage into the ear canal, degrading the performance of existing binaural speech enhancement (BSE). To this end, we propose ABSE-NET, an active BSE framework integrating active noise control (ANC) with BSE to jointly enhance target speech and suppress acoustic leakage. The ABSE-NET pipeline cascades a binaural MVDR (BMVDR) with a lightweight neural network (LNN). The former achieves a coarse BSE, whereas the latter simultaneously cancels acoustic leakage and compensates for BMVDR-induced distortion. The LNN uses an encoder-decoder with a feature fusion module, which includes frequency-time dependency learning and convolutional attention blocks. Unlike traditional BSE+ANC solutions via adaptive filtering, ABSE-NET needs no in-ear microphone in practical deployment. Experiments validate its superiority over state-of-the-art methods. Code repository: https://github.com/Bream101/ABSE-NET.
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open-fit hearing aids
acoustic leakage
binaural speech enhancement
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active binaural speech enhancement
lightweight neural network
feature fusion module
acoustic leakage suppression
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De Hu
College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University, China
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Xue Du
College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University, China
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Qingying Zhao
College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University, China
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Qintuya Si
College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Inner Mongolia University, China