Abstract: The global aging population faces considerable challenges, particularly in communication, due to the prevalence of hearing and speech impairments. To address these, we introduce the AVE ...

In the traditional cascade modeling approach, automatic speech recognition (ASR) first produces a single text string, which is then passed to retrieval. Small transcription errors can change query ...

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies at a Senate subcommittee hearing on June 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS) Is a basic understanding of the First Amendment too ...

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In today’s voice-first world, it’s not enough for systems to simply hear what users say. They need to understand it with precision. In high-stakes environments like healthcare, finance, or enterprise ...

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the relationship between tinnitus and speech audiometry results. Materials and methods: In this investigation, 314 patients with primary subjective tinnitus and ...