Home Telemonitoring of Bulbar Function by Acoustic Measurement of Swallowing and Speech Sounds in ALS

Abstract

We propose a longitudinal home study of ALS patients to assess bulbar progression via a smartphone-based, self administered remote speech and swallow assessment (rSSA). This application will be used to take a weekly snapshot of bulbar health by recording the audio of speech and swallowing sounds. The overall hypothesis is that this monitoring protocol can be used 1) in a way that is satisfactory to the patient, 2) to provide a set of digital biomarkers that are sensitive to dysarthria and dysphagia, and 3) with higher temporal resolution than standard measures to allow for the study of speech and swallow pathology co-evolution in ALS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Accession Number
AD1219073

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People

  • Andrew Geronimo

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Biomedical Research
  • Department Of Defense
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Language
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mobile Operating Systems
  • Monitoring
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
  • Professional Development
  • Smartphones
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Training
  • Universities

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  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.