Assessing the Clinical and Functional Status of COPD Patients Using Speech Analysis During and After Exacerbation.

Journal: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects breathing, speech production, and coughing. We evaluated a machine learning analysis of speech for classifying the disease severity of COPD.

Authors

  • Wolfgang Mayr
    Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
  • Andreas Triantafyllopoulos
  • Anton Batliner
    Chair of Health Informatics (CHI), Department of Clinical Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Björn W Schuller
    GLAM - the Group on Language, Audio, & Music, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Thomas M Berghaus
    Department of Cardiology, Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.