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    Area of Science:

    • Sleep Medicine
    • Acoustic Analysis
    • Biomedical Engineering

    Background:

    • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder linked to upper airway anatomical issues.
    • These anatomical variations may manifest as detectable changes in speech acoustics.
    • Early OSA assessment is crucial for effective management.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate if speech signals contain information for estimating the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI).
    • To develop a noninvasive method for assessing OSA severity using speech analysis.
    • To evaluate the diagnostic agreement between speech-estimated AHI and polysomnography (PSG)-determined AHI.

    Main Methods:

    • 198 male participants referred for polysomnography (PSG) provided speech recordings.
    • Speech samples (vowels, fluent speech segments, full recording) were analyzed for acoustic features.
    • Support vector regression and regression trees were employed to estimate AHI from speech features.

    Main Results:

    • A diagnostic agreement of 67.3% was achieved between speech-estimated AHI and PSG-determined AHI.
    • The developed method demonstrated an absolute error rate of 10.8 events/hr.
    • Fusion of features from different speech segments improved AHI estimation.

    Conclusions:

    • Speech signal analysis holds promise for assisting in AHI estimation.
    • This approach could lead to the development of a noninvasive screening tool for OSA.
    • Further research can refine speech analysis techniques for more accurate OSA assessment.