@article{freezeempathefficienttrainingforempathet,
  title = {FreezeEmpath: Efficient Training for Empathetic Spoken Chatbots with Frozen LLMs},
  author = {Yun Hong and Yan Zhou and Yang Feng},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2604.18159},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.18159},
}