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Motif Discovery in Speech: Application to Monitoring Alzheimer's Disease by Garrard, Peter, Nemes, Vanda, Nikolic, Dragana, Barney, Anna

“…Perseveration - repetition of words, phrases or questions in speech - is commonly described in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Measuring perseveration is difficult,…”
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"Velcro-type" crackles predict specific radiologic features of fibrotic interstitial lung disease by Sgalla, Giacomo, Walsh, Simon L F, Sverzellati, Nicola, Fletcher, Sophie, Cerri, Stefania, Dimitrov, Borislav, Nikolic, Dragana, Barney, Anna, Pancaldi, Fabrizio, Larcher, Luca, Luppi, Fabrizio, Jones, Mark G, Davies, Donna, Richeldi, Luca

“…"Velcro-type" crackles on chest auscultation are considered a typical acoustic finding of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease (FILD), however whether they may…”
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Changes in quantifiable breathing pattern components predict asthma control: an observational cross-sectional study by Sakkatos, Panagiotis, Bruton, Anne, Barney, Anna

“…Breathing pattern disorders are frequently reported in uncontrolled asthma. At present, this is primarily assessed by questionnaires, which are subjective…”
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Automatic breathing phase identification based on the second derivative of the recorded lung sounds by Pal, Ravi, Barney, Anna

“…•The method automatically classifies the breathing phases within a lung sound recording, which can help clinicians when using lung sound recordings to diagnose…”
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Iterative envelope mean fractal dimension filter for the separation of crackles from normal breath sounds by Pal, Ravi, Barney, Anna

“…•Separation of pulmonary crackles from breath sounds can assist in crackle identification and classification.•The IEM-FD filter is a new fast, noise-robust,…”
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Aerodynamic measures of speech in unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) patients by Pinho, Cátia M. R., Jesus, Luis M. T., Barney, Anna

“…Abstract This paper reports the recording and analysis of an aerodynamic database of 51 words produced by four patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis…”
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An algorithm to detect dicrotic notch in arterial blood pressure and photoplethysmography waveforms using the iterative envelope mean method by Pal, Ravi, Rudas, Akos, Kim, Sungsoo, Chiang, Jeffrey N., Barney, Anna, Cannesson, Maxime

“…•The IEM-based algorithm has low computational cost, and demonstrates an average error of DN detection well below the strict permitted error range (30 ms) in…”
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Articulatory capacity of Neanderthals, a very recent and human-like fossil hominin by Barney, Anna, Martelli, Sandra, Serrurier, Antoine, Steele, James

“…Scientists seek to use fossil and archaeological evidence to constrain models of the coevolution of human language and tool use. We focus on Neanderthals, for…”
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Advanced voice function assessment: Editorial introduction to this special issue by Barney, Anna, Kob, Malte

“…Abstract ICT COST Action 2103 was an EU-funded collaborative network of speech processing engineers, laryngologists, and phoniatricians that started on 19…”
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Quantitative analysis of lung sounds for monitoring idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a prospective pilot study by Sgalla, Giacomo, Larici, Anna Rita, Sverzellati, Nicola, Bartholmai, Brian, Walsh, Simon L F, Nikolic, Dragana, Barney, Anna, Fletcher, Sophie, Jones, Mark, Davies, Donna D, Richeldi, Luca

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The Relationship Between Crackle Characteristics and Airway Morphology in COPD by Bennett, Surussawadi, Bruton, Anne, Barney, Anna, Havelock, Tom, Bennett, Michael

“…Crackles in COPD are believed to be generated by the re-opening of collapsed airways, which result from chronic inflammation, secretions, and loss of…”
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Are Crackles an Appropriate Outcome Measure for Airway Clearance Therapy? by MARQUES, Alda, BRUTON, Anne, BARNEY, Anna, HALL, Andreia

“…There is an urgent need to develop new outcome measures for respiratory therapy, to evaluate its effectiveness. Adventitious sounds generated from the lungs…”
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The reliability of lung crackle characteristics in cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis patients in a clinical setting by Marques, Alda, Bruton, Anne, Barney, Anna

“…Lung sounds provide useful information for assessing and monitoring respiratory patients, but standard auscultation is subjective. Computer aided lung sound…”
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Analysis of frication noise modulation from a physical model by Barney, Anna, Jackson, Philip J.

“…A physical model, built to investigate the aeroacoustic properties of voiced fricative speech, was used to study the amplitude modulation of theturbulence…”
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Evaluation of the agreement of tidal breathing parameters measured simultaneously using pneumotachography and structured light plethysmography by Motamedi‐Fakhr, Shayan, Iles, Richard, Barney, Anna, Boer, Willem, Conlon, Jenny, Khalid, Amna, Wilson, Rachel C.

“…Structured light plethysmography (SLP) is a noncontact, noninvasive, respiratory measurement technique, which uses a structured pattern of light and two…”
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A feasibility study of speech recording using a contact microphone in patients with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease to detect and quantify repetitions in a natural setting by Nemes, Vanda, Nikolic, Dragana, Barney, Anna, Garrard, Peter

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P3‐110: A feasibility study of speech recording using a contact microphone in patients with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease to detect and quantify repetitions in a natural setting by Nemes, Vanda, Nikolic, Dragana, Barney, Anna, Garrard, Peter

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The tongue in speech and feeding: Comparative articulatory modelling by Serrurier, Antoine, Badin, Pierre, Barney, Anna, Boë, Louis-Jean, Savariaux, Christophe

“…Two major functions of the human vocal tract are feeding and speaking. As, ontogenetically and phylogenetically, feeding tasks precede speaking tasks, it has…”
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Investigation of the mechanisms of voicing offset by Barney, Anna, Jesus, Luis, Santos, Ricardo

“…During voiced speech the source of sound production arises from the vibrations of the vocal folds within the larynx. In order to terminate these vibrations it…”
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Weak voicing in fricative production by Pinho, Cátia M.R., Jesus, Luis M.T., Barney, Anna

“…Understanding of the production mechanisms of voiced fricatives lags significantly behind that of other phonemic categories of speech. This paper presents a…”
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