Apparatus and method for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea

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PATENT NO 9844336
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13818104

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An embodiment of the invention provides a method of diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea, the method comprising: acquiring a sleep sound signal comprising sounds made by a person during sleep; detecting a plurality of snore sounds in the sleep sound signal; determining a set of mel-frequency cepstral coefficients for each of the snore sounds; determining a characterizing feature for the sleep sound signal responsive to a sum of the variances of the cepstral coefficients; and using the characterizing feature to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in the person.

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MOR RESEARCH APPLICATIONS LTD40 TUVAL STREET RAMAT GAN 5252247
BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITYISRAEL BEERSHEBA BE'ER SHEVA SOUTHERN DISTRICT

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Ben, Israel Nir Tel Aviv, IL 1 17
Tarasiuk, Ariel Meitar, IL 6 44
Zigel, Yaniv Omer, IL 14 458

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