Linguistic Knowledge Transfer Learning for Speech Enhancement

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Autori principali: Hung, Kuo-Hsuan, Lu, Xugang, Fu, Szu-Wei, Tseng, Huan-Hsin, Lin, Hsin-Yi, Lin, Chii-Wann, Tsao, Yu
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author Hung, Kuo-Hsuan
Lu, Xugang
Fu, Szu-Wei
Tseng, Huan-Hsin
Lin, Hsin-Yi
Lin, Chii-Wann
Tsao, Yu
author_facet Hung, Kuo-Hsuan
Lu, Xugang
Fu, Szu-Wei
Tseng, Huan-Hsin
Lin, Hsin-Yi
Lin, Chii-Wann
Tsao, Yu
contents Linguistic knowledge plays a crucial role in spoken language comprehension. It provides essential semantic and syntactic context for speech perception in noisy environments. However, most speech enhancement (SE) methods predominantly rely on acoustic features to learn the mapping relationship between noisy and clean speech, with limited exploration of linguistic integration. While text-informed SE approaches have been investigated, they often require explicit speech-text alignment or externally provided textual data, constraining their practicality in real-world scenarios. Additionally, using text as input poses challenges in aligning linguistic and acoustic representations due to their inherent differences. In this study, we propose the Cross-Modality Knowledge Transfer (CMKT) learning framework, which leverages pre-trained large language models (LLMs) to infuse linguistic knowledge into SE models without requiring text input or LLMs during inference. Furthermore, we introduce a misalignment strategy to improve knowledge transfer. This strategy applies controlled temporal shifts, encouraging the model to learn more robust representations. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that CMKT consistently outperforms baseline models across various SE architectures and LLM embeddings, highlighting its adaptability to different configurations. Additionally, results on Mandarin and English datasets confirm its effectiveness across diverse linguistic conditions, further validating its robustness. Moreover, CMKT remains effective even in scenarios without textual data, underscoring its practicality for real-world applications. By bridging the gap between linguistic and acoustic modalities, CMKT offers a scalable and innovative solution for integrating linguistic knowledge into SE models, leading to substantial improvements in both intelligibility and enhancement performance.
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spellingShingle Linguistic Knowledge Transfer Learning for Speech Enhancement
Hung, Kuo-Hsuan
Lu, Xugang
Fu, Szu-Wei
Tseng, Huan-Hsin
Lin, Hsin-Yi
Lin, Chii-Wann
Tsao, Yu
Computation and Language
Audio and Speech Processing
Linguistic knowledge plays a crucial role in spoken language comprehension. It provides essential semantic and syntactic context for speech perception in noisy environments. However, most speech enhancement (SE) methods predominantly rely on acoustic features to learn the mapping relationship between noisy and clean speech, with limited exploration of linguistic integration. While text-informed SE approaches have been investigated, they often require explicit speech-text alignment or externally provided textual data, constraining their practicality in real-world scenarios. Additionally, using text as input poses challenges in aligning linguistic and acoustic representations due to their inherent differences. In this study, we propose the Cross-Modality Knowledge Transfer (CMKT) learning framework, which leverages pre-trained large language models (LLMs) to infuse linguistic knowledge into SE models without requiring text input or LLMs during inference. Furthermore, we introduce a misalignment strategy to improve knowledge transfer. This strategy applies controlled temporal shifts, encouraging the model to learn more robust representations. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that CMKT consistently outperforms baseline models across various SE architectures and LLM embeddings, highlighting its adaptability to different configurations. Additionally, results on Mandarin and English datasets confirm its effectiveness across diverse linguistic conditions, further validating its robustness. Moreover, CMKT remains effective even in scenarios without textual data, underscoring its practicality for real-world applications. By bridging the gap between linguistic and acoustic modalities, CMKT offers a scalable and innovative solution for integrating linguistic knowledge into SE models, leading to substantial improvements in both intelligibility and enhancement performance.
title Linguistic Knowledge Transfer Learning for Speech Enhancement
topic Computation and Language
Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.07078