Voice acoustic measures of depression severity and treatment response collected via interactive voice response (IVR) technology

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-64

  Mundt, James C ^a   Snyder, Peter J ^b,c   Cannizzaro, Michael S ^b,d   Chappie, Kara ^b   Geralts, Dayna S ^a  

^a Healthcare Technology Systems Inc   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression assessment; Interactive voice response (IVR); Methodology; Speech; Telephone; Voice acoustics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOICE;

EID: 33751232639     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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