Monitoring sound to quantify snoring and sleep apnea severity using a smartphone: Proof of concept

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-78

  Nakano, Hiroshi ^a   Hirayama, Kenji ^a   Sadamitsu, Yumiko ^a   Toshimitsu, Ayaka ^a   Fujita, Hisayuki ^a   Shin, Shizue ^a   Tanigawa, Takeshi ^b  

^a FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Home monitoring; Obstructive sleep apnea; Smartphone; Snoring

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND PRESSURE; STERNUM; THORAX WALL;

HOME MONITORING; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; SMARTPHONE; SNORING;

HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84892655083     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3364     Document Type: Article

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