arXiv AI

FAConformer: Frequency-Aware Convolutional Transformer for Auditory Attention Decoding

arXiv:2606. 14120v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Auditory attention decoding (AAD) aims to infer the attended speaker from neural responses in multi-speaker acoustic environments and is a key problem for neuro-steered hearing systems.

arXiv AI
Jun 4

The Differentiable Auditory Loop (DAL): An ML Framework for Hyper-Personalized Hearing Aids

arXiv:2606. 04103v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Conventional hearing aids rely on fixed, frequency-dependent amplification and compression to manage reduced sensitivity, which often fails to provide sufficient listening support in complex environments, such as situations with multiple speakers (the ``cocktail party'' problem).

By Alejandro Ballesta Rosen, Jason Mikiel-Hunter, Julian Maclaren, Jack Collins, Richard F. Lyon, Simon Carlile
arXiv Machine Learning
5d ago

AFA-Net: A Differential Attention Approach for Auditory Attention Detection

AFA‑Net introduces a differential attention mechanism to improve Auditory Attention Detection (AAD) from EEG signals, explicitly targeting noisy data. The framework outperforms existing deep learning models, achieving 96.8% accuracy within a 2‑second decision window while using fewer parameters. It represents one of the first approaches to actively mitigate EEG noise in AAD tasks.

By Philip H. Lee, Shreeram Suresh Chandra, Karan Thakkar, John H. L. Hansen
arXiv AI
Sep 12

RAMamba-Net: A Reliability-Aware and Mamba-Based Multimodal Fusion Network for Auditory Attention Detection

RAMamba-Net is a new multimodal fusion network designed for auditory attention decoding (AAD) that combines EEG and electrooculography (EOG) signals. It uses a Mamba-enhanced band-aware convolutional Transformer to capture EEG band-specific patterns and long-range temporal dynamics, while a dual-branch encoder models EOG temporal and inter-channel dependencies. Cross‑modal attention and a reliability‑aware module estimate sample‑wise modality weights, improving fusion robustness and achieving a 5.76% accuracy gain over unimodal baselines on two AAD benchmarks.

By Xingyi He, Ziwei Wang, Dongrui Wu
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 2

EEG-FuseFormer: A Transformer-Driven Feature Fusion Framework for Seizure Onset Prediction

arXiv:2606. 02166v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders globally, characterized by recurring seizures and significantly impacting the quality of life.

By Vigneshwar Hariharan (National University of Singapore), Chithra Reghuvaran (University College Dublin), Arlene John (University of Twente), Nhat Pham (Cardiff University), Omer Rana (Cardiff University), Deepu John (University College Dublin), Ganesh Neelakanta Iyer (National University of Singapore)
arXiv AI
Aug 25

Cross-Subject Generalization in Decoding Perceived Speech from Non-Invasive Brain Recordings

The paper introduces a Cross-Subject Perceived Speech Decoding (CPSD) framework that tackles the challenge of decoding perceived speech from non‑invasive brain recordings across different subjects. CPSD uses a two‑stage training process: first, contrastive learning pre‑trains a source model on multiple subjects to capture shared representations; second, personal specialization fine‑tunes the model for a target subject by extracting consistent components and further training on that subject’s data. A Positional Encoding‑based Spatial Attention (PESA) module is added to remap MEG/EEG data into a standardized reference space, improving cross‑subject consistency. Evaluations on three datasets (Armeni 2022, PKUEEG 2025, Broderick 2018) show that CPSD outperforms baseline methods by more than 6.8%, 15.4%, and 15.8% in Top‑10 accuracy, demonstrating its effectiveness, efficiency, and robustness.

By Aoke Zhang, Bo Wang, Xihong Wu, Heping Cheng, Jing Chen