JIANG Chun,XUE Jing,ZHAO Qian,et al.Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Auditory and Speech Rehabilitation[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2026,24(03):241-244.
JIANG Chun,XUE Jing,ZHAO Qian,et al.Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Auditory and Speech Rehabilitation[J].Chinese Scientific Journal of Hearing and Speech Rehabilitation,2026,24(03):241-244.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-4933.2026.03.005.
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Auditory and Speech Rehabilitation
Auditory and speech rehabilitation for hearing-impaired population. faces challenges such as uneven distribution of rehabilitation resources and high costs
which constrain the development of high-quality rehabilitation services. In particular
traditional rehabilitation methods fail to meet the auditory and speech rehabilitation needs of adults with hearing loss. The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) provides a new way to solve these troubles in auditory and speech rehabilitation for the hearing-impaired population. This paper review the technological evolution of AI in this field
from traditional signal processing and machine learning to deep learning
large models
and clinical translation. Introduce the core technical architecture
including front-end perception
mid-level processing and back-end application. Now
AI has made significant progress in speech enhancement
outcome prediction
multimodal fusion and personalized rehabilitation plan generation. But
There are still difficulties remain
such as data scarcity and heterogeneity
insufficient model generalization capability
lack clinical interpretability and barriers to translation. Future works should focus on constructing large-scale multimodal databases
better out-of-distribution generalization of models and strengthen the integration of AI tools into clinical practice to make personalized and intelligent in auditory and speech rehabilitation for the hearing-impaired population.
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