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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health and AI in Medicine
  • Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Science

Background:

  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 1 billion globally, with 90% undiagnosed due to polysomnography limitations.
  • Traditional diagnosis requires specialized equipment and facilities, creating significant barriers to access.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a promising avenue for OSA detection via breathing sound analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of machine listening for OSA.
  • To identify factors that optimize AI-based detection of obstructive sleep apnea.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search across major scientific databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore).
  • Meta-analysis and meta-regression of 16 studies (41 AI models) comparing AI breathing sound analysis with polysomnography.
  • Assessment of risk of bias and evidence quality using established tools (QUADAS-2, GRADE).

Main Results:

  • Machine listening demonstrated high pooled sensitivity (90.3%) and specificity (86.7%) for OSA detection.
  • Accuracy remained consistent across different recording methods (smartphone vs. professional), AI types (deep vs. traditional learning), and participant demographics.
  • Increased sensitivity was associated with higher audio sampling rates, non-contact microphones, higher OSA prevalence, and train-test split evaluation.

Conclusions:

  • AI-powered machine listening exhibits excellent diagnostic accuracy for OSA, surpassing questionnaires and matching home sleep tests.
  • This technology presents a viable, accessible, and equitable solution for widespread OSA diagnosis.
  • Further external validation of digital medicine approaches for OSA diagnosis is recommended.