CHiME-9 ECHI: A Machine Learning Challenge for Enhancing Conversations to Address Hearing Impairment

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arXiv:2609.26306v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This work presents the task and results of the CHiME-9 challenge for Enhancing Conversations to address Hearing Impairment. The challenge considers the scenario of four-party conversations in a noisy, cafeteria-style environment with interfering speech sources and sound effects. Participants are provided with audio recordings made with Meta Aria glasses and hearing aid microphones, and clean speech samples of the conversation participants. The task