Noise-Robust Sound Event Detection and Counting via Language-Queried Sound Separation

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Yuanjian, Xiao, Yang, Yin, Han, Guan, Yadong, Liu, Xubo
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author Chen, Yuanjian
Xiao, Yang
Yin, Han
Guan, Yadong
Liu, Xubo
author_facet Chen, Yuanjian
Xiao, Yang
Yin, Han
Guan, Yadong
Liu, Xubo
contents Most sound event detection (SED) systems perform well on clean datasets but degrade significantly in noisy environments. Language-queried audio source separation (LASS) models show promise for robust SED by separating target events; existing methods require elaborate multi-stage training and lack explicit guidance for target events. To address these challenges, we introduce event appearance detection (EAD), a counting-based approach that counts event occurrences at both the clip and frame levels. Based on EAD, we propose a co-training-based multi-task learning framework for EAD and SED to enhance SED's performance in noisy environments. First, SED struggles to learn the same patterns as EAD. Then, a task-based constraint is designed to improve prediction consistency between SED and EAD. This framework provides more reliable clip-level predictions for LASS models and strengthens timestamp detection capability. Experiments on DESED and WildDESED datasets demonstrate better performance compared to existing methods, with advantages becoming more pronounced at higher noise levels.
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spellingShingle Noise-Robust Sound Event Detection and Counting via Language-Queried Sound Separation
Chen, Yuanjian
Xiao, Yang
Yin, Han
Guan, Yadong
Liu, Xubo
Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
Most sound event detection (SED) systems perform well on clean datasets but degrade significantly in noisy environments. Language-queried audio source separation (LASS) models show promise for robust SED by separating target events; existing methods require elaborate multi-stage training and lack explicit guidance for target events. To address these challenges, we introduce event appearance detection (EAD), a counting-based approach that counts event occurrences at both the clip and frame levels. Based on EAD, we propose a co-training-based multi-task learning framework for EAD and SED to enhance SED's performance in noisy environments. First, SED struggles to learn the same patterns as EAD. Then, a task-based constraint is designed to improve prediction consistency between SED and EAD. This framework provides more reliable clip-level predictions for LASS models and strengthens timestamp detection capability. Experiments on DESED and WildDESED datasets demonstrate better performance compared to existing methods, with advantages becoming more pronounced at higher noise levels.
title Noise-Robust Sound Event Detection and Counting via Language-Queried Sound Separation
topic Sound
Audio and Speech Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07176