Results Task1
The First Cadenza Challenge is now complete. Results for Task 1: listening over headphones are shown below.
The table below reports:
- HAAQI Average: Average HAAQI of left and right ear
- HAAQI Left: HAAQI score of left ear
- HAAQI Right: HAAQI score of right ear
- Basic Audio Quality (BAQ): Listener panel score of signals scored corresponding to 50% of the tracks,
| Team | ID | Paper | HAAQI Average | HAAQI Left | HAAQI Right | BAQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Demucs | 0.706 | 0.703 | 0.709 | 41.676 | |
| E005 | E005 | Link | 0.677 | 0.675 | 0.679 | 42.157 |
| E012 | E012 | Link | 0.684 | 0.681 | 0.688 | 41.474 |
| E014 | E014 | 0.53 | 0.538 | 0.523 | 33.158 | |
| E021 | E021 | 0.44 | 0.432 | 0.447 | 42.747 | |
| E016 | E016 | Link | 0.27 | 0.311 | 0.229 | 38.66 |
| E022 | E022 | Link | 0.217 | 0.279 | 0.156 | 35.645 |
| E017 | E017 | 0.275 | 0.275 | 0.276 | 41.799 | |
| Baseline | OpenUnmix | 0.638 | 0.635 | 0.642 | 0 | |
| E015 | E015 | 0.475 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0 |
Results of the challenge are reported in:
Roa-Dabike, G., Akeroyd, M. A., Bannister, S., Barker, J. P., Cox, T. J., Fazenda, B., Firth, J., Graetzer, S., Greasley, A., Vos, R. R., & Whitmer, W. M. (2025). The First Cadenza Challenges: Using Machine Learning Competitions to Improve Music for Listeners With a Hearing Loss. IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, 6, 722–734. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11030066
Bannister, S., Firth, J., Roa-Dabike, G., Vos, R., Whitmer, W., Greasley, A. E., Graetzer, S., Fazenda, B., Cox, T., Barker, J., & Akeroyd, M. A. (2026). The First Cadenza Challenge: Perceptual Evaluation of Machine Learning Systems to Improve Audio Quality of Popular Music for Those with Hearing Loss. Trends in Hearing, 30, 23312165251408761. https://doi.org/10.1177/23312165251408761