Ear-worn devices performing neural network-based processing of speech-like audio

Abstract

Speech enhancement circuitry in an ear-worn device may be configured to receive an audio stream and implement, using neural network circuitry, a neural network trained to generate a mask based, at least in part, on the audio stream. Based on applying the mask to the audio stream, the speech enhancement circuitry may be configured to generate an enhanced version of the audio stream in which a speech-like component of the audio stream is attenuated relative to a speech component of the audio stream. The speech enhancement circuitry may be configured to maintain the speech-like component of the audio stream and the speech component of the audio stream mixed together throughout a processing path of the speech enhancement circuitry.

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