The 2nd Cadenza Challenge Results

The 2nd Cadenza Challenge is now complete. Below, you can find the results for each task. These tasks focused on improving music accessibility for individuals with hearing loss. We thank all participants for their valuable contributions and efforts.

Explore the detailed results per task to learn more about the top solutions and their performance.

Task 1: Improving Lyrics Intelligibility

The table below reports:

1. Score: HAAQI and Correctness weighted using alpha
2. HAAQI: Average HAAQI of left and right ear
3. Corr.: Percentage of correct transcribed words in better ear.
4. Score LP: BAQ and Intell LP weighted using alpha
5. BAQ: Audio quality given by listener panel
6. Intell LP: Intelligibility score given by listener panel

Team	System	Score	HAAQI	Corr.	Score LP	BAQ	Intell LP
Baseline	Baseline - Causal	0.6592	0.6865	0.5036	0.4286	0.4242	0.4709
T002	T002 - Causal	0.6657	0.7097	0.5104	0.4753	0.4705	0.5191
T018	T018 - Causal	0.5072	0.4976	0.4269	0.326	0.3001	0.385
Baseline	Baseline - NonCausal	0.6787	0.6979	0.5222	0.4544	0.4471	0.5014
T002	T002 - NonCausal	0.6859	0.7202	0.5318	-	-	-
T003	T003 - NonCausal	0.7103	0.6988	0.5638	0.4939	0.4924	0.5497
T008	T008 - NonCausal	0.389	0.4839	0.3049	0.411	0.4383	0.3816
T018	T018 - NonCausal	0.6756	0.6872	0.5299	0.4657	0.4562	0.5152
T025	T025 - NonCausal	0.6511	0.8507	0.4543	0.4853	0.5056	0.4721
T004	T004 - NonCausal	0.4935	0.5345	0.4505	0.4571	0.4835	0.4436
T026	T026 - NonCausal	0.451	0.5085	0.3153	0.4472	0.4394	0.4721

Task 2: Rebalancing Classical Music

The table below reports:

1. HAAQI: Average HAAQI of left and right ear

Team	System	HAAQI
Baseline	Baseline - Causal	0.3265
T002	T002 - Causal	0.358
Baseline	Baseline - NonCausal	0.3548
T002	T002 - NonCausal	0.3786
T013	T013 - NonCausal	0.3491
T019	T019 - NonCausal	0.3584
T040	T040 - NonCausal	0.3647