Processing of Snore Related Sounds for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.
Speaker: Ajith Wakwella, ITEE
When: 2004-09-17 09:00:00
Venue: 78-420
Host: Dr. Udantha R. Abeyratne
Abstract:Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a sleep related disorder which
causes repetitive collapse of upper airways during sleep leading to
serious consequences. Aging populations and rising number of obese
people are making OSA an increasingly important public health
problem. At present, over 90% of the patients remain
undiagnosed. Gold standard of OSA diagnosis, Polysomnography (PSG),
requires the patient to spend one full night at the sleep clinic
attached to a multitude of measurement leads. Therefore PSG is
inconvenient and expensive, making it unsuited for community
screening. Snoring is a common symptom of OSA. In this
presentation, we discuss the processing of snore sounds for the
Diagnosis of OSA.
Biography:(biography unavailable)
Type: MPhil confirmation
Contact:Dr. Udantha R. Abeyratne, seminar host (udantha@itee.uq.edu.au)
or Guido Governatori (ITEE seminar co-ordinator)
(guido@itee.uq.edu.au)