Abstract: Techniques for pseudo real-time content-aware auditory cleansing are described herein. A method for pseudo real-time content-aware auditory cleansing may include introducing a delay in the delivery of an audio file by an audio delivery system, collecting a sample of the audio file, predicting the presence of a sibilance and other unwanted sounds in the sample, cleansing the sample of the sibilance and other unwanted sounds, and outputting a cleansed version of the sample. The delay corresponds to a length of the sample. Cleansing the sample may include one or more of a gain reduction, an equalization adjustment, a replacement, and removal of the sibilance and other unwanted sounds.