Acoustic and temporal analysis of speech: A potential biomarker for schizophrenia

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1074-1079

  Rapcan, Viliam ^a   D'Arcy, Shona ^a   Yeap, Sherlyn ^b   Afzal, Natasha ^c   Thakore, Jogin ^d   Reilly, Richard B ^a,d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Our Lady's Hospital   (Ireland)

^c Fraser University   (Canada)

^d St Vincent's Hospital Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acoustic and temporal analysis; Biomarker; Energy; Pause; Schizophrenia; Speech; Utterance; Vocal pitch

Indexed keywords

ENERGY; PAUSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UTTERANCE; VOCAL PITCHES;

BIOMARKERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASES;

CONTINUOUS SPEECH RECOGNITION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049266207     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.013     Document Type: Article

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