Advances in audio-based systems to monitor patient adherence and inhaler drug delivery

TE Taylor, Y Zigel, C De Looze, I Sulaiman… - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have asthma and COPD. Current medications to
control these chronic respiratory diseases can be administered using inhaler devices, such …

Objective assessment of patient inhaler user technique using an audio-based classification approach

TE Taylor, Y Zigel, C Egan, F Hughes, RW Costello… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Many patients make critical user technique errors when using pressurised metered dose
inhalers (pMDIs) which reduce the clinical efficacy of respiratory medication. Such critical …

Estimation of inhalation flow profile using audio-based methods to assess inhaler medication adherence

TE Taylor, H Lacalle Muls, RW Costello, RB Reilly - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are required to inhale
forcefully and deeply to receive medication when using a dry powder inhaler (DPI). There is …

Sleep evaluation using audio signal processing

Y Zigel, A Tarasiuk, E Dafna - Breath Sounds: From Basic Science to …, 2018 - Springer
Millions of people worldwide experience sleep disorders; poor sleep is associated with
increased risk for accidents, morbidity, and mortality. Early diagnosis and treatment can …

Practical Acoustic Energy-Based Estimation of Inhalation Flow Rate for Asthma Monitoring

Z Jeddi, M Ghogho, A Bohr, J Boetker… - 2020 42nd Annual …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The estimation of inhalation flow rate (IFR) using acoustic devices has recently received
attention. While existing work often assumes that the microphone is placed at a fixed …