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We present a machine learning based COVID-19 cough classifier which can discriminate COVID-19 positive coughs from both COVID-19 negative and healthy coughs recorded on a smartphone. This type of screening is non-contact, easy to apply, and…

Sound · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Madhurananda Pahar , Marisa Klopper , Robin Warren , Thomas Niesler

We give a short introduction to cough detection efforts that were undertaken during the last decade and we describe the solution for automatic cough detection developed for the AioCare portable spirometry system. In contrast to more popular…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-03-26 Mateusz Soliński , Michał Łepek , Łukasz Kołtowski

Cough acoustics contain multitudes of vital information about pathomorphological alterations in the respiratory system. Reliable and accurate detection of cough events by investigating the underlying cough latent features and disease…

The present work proposes a deep-learning-based approach for the classification of COVID-19 coughs from non-COVID-19 coughs and that can be used as a low-resource-based tool for early detection of the onset of such respiratory diseases. The…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-25 Annesya Banerjee , Achal Nilhani

In this paper, we present a system that employs a wearable acoustic sensor and a deep convolutional neural network for detecting coughs. We evaluate the performance of our system on 14 healthy volunteers and compare it to that of other…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-09-09 Justice Amoh , Kofi Odame

Respiratory diseases remain major global health challenges, and traditional auscultation is often limited by subjectivity, environmental noise, and inter-clinician variability. This study presents an explainable multimodal deep learning…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-12-02 S M Asiful Islam Saky , Md Rashidul Islam , Md Saiful Arefin , Shahaba Alam

Recent advancements in deep learning techniques have sparked performance boosts in various real-world applications including disease diagnosis based on multi-modal medical data. Cough sound data-based respiratory disease (e.g., COVID-19 and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Qian Wang , Zhaoyang Bu , Jiaxuan Mao , Wenyu Zhu , Jingya Zhao , Wei Du , Guochao Shi , Min Zhou , Si Chen , Jieming Qu

This study investigates the potential of using smartwatches with built-in microphone sensors for monitoring coughs and detecting various cough types. We conducted a study involving 32 participants and collected 9 hours of audio data in a…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Pranay Jaiswal , Haroon R. Lone

In this paper, we propose a standardized framework for automatic tuberculosis (TB) detection from cough audio and routinely collected clinical data using machine learning. While TB screening from audio has attracted growing interest,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 George P. Kafentzis , Efstratios Selisios

Persistent coughs are a major symptom of respiratory-related diseases. Increasing research attention has been paid to detecting coughs using wearables, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among all types of sensors utilized, microphone…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Shibo Zhang , Ebrahim Nemati , Minh Dinh , Nathan Folkman , Tousif Ahmed , Mahbubur Rahman , Jilong Kuang , Nabil Alshurafa , Alex Gao

A wide range of respiratory diseases, such as cold and flu, asthma, and COVID-19, affect people's daily lives worldwide. In medical practice, respiratory sounds are widely used in medical services to diagnose various respiratory illnesses…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Asmaa Shati , Ghulam Mubashar Hassan , Amitava Datta

In this article we propose the use of accelerometer embedded by default in smartphone as a cost-effective, reliable and efficient way to provide remote physical activity monitoring for the elderly and people requiring healthcare service.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2013-11-06 Hamed Ketabdar , Jalaluddin Qureshi , Pan Hui

In this paper, an algorithm designed to detect characteristic cough events in audio recordings is presented, significantly reducing the time required for manual counting. Using time-frequency representations and independent subspace…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-15 Paul Leamy , Ted Burke , Dan Barry , David Dorran

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a serious and prevalent condition, and acoustic analysis via consumer devices (e.g. smartphones) offers a low-cost solution to screening for it. We present a novel approach for the acoustic identification…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-08 Hector E. Romero , Ning Ma , Guy J. Brown , Amy V. Beeston , Madina Hasan

With the periodic rise and fall of COVID-19 and countries being inflicted by its waves, an efficient, economic, and effortless diagnosis procedure for the virus has been the utmost need of the hour. COVID-19 positive individuals may even be…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Saranga Kingkor Mahanta , Darsh Kaushik , Shubham Jain , Hoang Van Truong , Koushik Guha

Continuous cough monitors can greatly aid doctors in home monitoring and treatment of respiratory diseases. Although many algorithms have been proposed, they still face limitations in data privacy and short-term monitoring. Edge-AI offers a…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Stefano Albini , Lara Orlandic , Jonathan Dan , Jérôme Thevenot , Tomas Teijeiro , Denisa Andreea Constantinescu , David Atienza

Intelligent systems are transforming the world, as well as our healthcare system. We propose a deep learning-based cough sound classification model that can distinguish between children with healthy versus pathological coughs such as…

In this work, we explore recurrent neural network architectures for tuberculosis (TB) cough classification. In contrast to previous unsuccessful attempts to implement deep architectures in this domain, we show that a basic bidirectional…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-05 Geoffrey Frost , Grant Theron , Thomas Niesler

Audio signals generated by the human body (e.g., sighs, breathing, heart, digestion, vibration sounds) have routinely been used by clinicians as indicators to diagnose disease or assess disease progression. Until recently, such signals were…

In this study, a machine learning model was developed for automatically detecting respiratory system sounds such as sneezing and coughing in disease diagnosis. The automatic model and approach development of breath sounds, which carry…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Negin Melek