Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy

Analysis of Acoustic Features for Speech Sound Based Classification of Asthmatic and Healthy Subjects

Non-speech sounds (cough, wheeze) are typically known to perform better than speech sounds for asthmatic and healthy subject classification. In this work, we use sustained phonations of speech sounds, namely, /α:/, /i:/, /u:/, /eI/, /ou/, /s/, and /z/ from 47 asthmatic and 48 healthy controls. We co…