snoring sounds’ statistical characteristics depend on anthropometric parameters打鼾的声音取决于人体测量参数的统计特征.pdf

J. Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2012, 5, 245-254 JBiSE / 10.4236/jbise.2012.55031 Published Online May 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jbise/) Snoring sounds’ statistical characteristics depend on anthropometric parameters 1 1,2 Ali Azarbarzin , Zahra Moussavi 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 2TRLabs and Riverview Health Center, Winnipeg, Canada Email: abarzin@ee.umanitoba.ca, moussavi@ee.umanitoba.ca Received 7 February 2012; revised 1 March 2012; accepted 21 March 2012 ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION Snoring is common in people with obstructive sleep Snoring is a very common disorder mostly associated apnea (OSA). Although not every snorer has OSA or with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome. Overall, vice-versa, many studies attempt to use snoring sounds 20% - 40% of the general population snore during sleep for classification of people into two groups of OSA [1]. By age of 60, snore prevalence increases to 60% in and simple snorers. This paper discusses the relation- male and 40% in female gender [2]. Although, not every ship between snorers’ anthropometric parameters snorer may have OSA (the so-called “simple snorers”) and and statistical characteristics of snoring sound (SS) not everybody with OSA may snore, yet snoring is con- and also reports on classification accuracies of meth- sidered as a major sign of undiagnosed OSA [3]. Thus, ods using SS features for screening OSA from simple many studies attempt to use snoring sounds for classifi- snorers when anthropometric parameters