Researchers at the University of Washington have developed an artificial intelligence system called “Target Speech Hearing” that allows users wearing headphones to focus on a specific speaker’s voice in noisy environments. This innovative system cancels out all other sounds and plays only the enrolled speaker’s voice in real time, even as the listener moves around. The system has been tested on 21 subjects, who rated the clarity of the enrolled speaker’s voice significantly higher than unfiltered audio. Although currently limited to enrolling one speaker at a time, the team aims to expand the system to earbuds and hearing aids in the future.
https://www.washington.edu/news/2024/05/23/ai-headphones-noise-cancelling-target-speech-hearing/