Screening system for sleep apnea syndrome in family environment

Abstract

The invention discloses a screening system for sleep apnea syndrome in family environment, comprising a snore data obtaining module, a snore processing module and a distinguishing module, wherein the data obtaining module is used for collecting the snore data; the snore signal processing module is used for firstly performing the preprocess of the voice signals such as framing, pre-emphasizing and window adding and then completing the end point detection for the snore by a double-gate detecting method; the first ten frame data of the snore sample is taken as the first measure of the background noise in the process of performing end point detection; and then the data of snore section is transmitted to an energy-ratio solution module. Finally, resolving the features of the energy ratio of the snore section and then transmitting the features of the energy ratio to the distinguishing module. The distinguishing module takes the energy ratio as the categorical data; if the energy ratio of a patient is higher than a certain threshold quantity, then the patient is distinguished as OSAS sufferer; if not, then the patient is the single snorer. The invention provides a system that brings less interference for the sleep of the patient and low cost and can still reach higher screening precision even in family environment.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the screening of sleep-disordered breathing in the field of biomedicine, in particular to the screening system of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in the family environment. Background technique [0002] Sleep apnea is abnormal breathing that occurs during sleep, including sleep apnea syndrome, hypoventilation syndrome, and related sleep apnea disorders caused by chronic pulmonary and neuromuscular diseases, among which obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) ) mainly. The survey found that about 9% of women and 24% of men in the middle-aged population in the United States suffer from different degrees of OSAS, OSAS patients account for 3-5% of the total population in Australia, and 5.4-7.5% of the population in India suffer from OSAS . Studies have shown that OSAS can cause symptoms such as daytime drowsiness, dizziness, headaches, memory loss, fatigue, unresponsiveness, and abnormal sleep behaviors. Long-term OSAS can caus...

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Problems solved by technology

However, our research found that it is almost impossible to achieve the same or similar detection accuracy as PSG by only using the single characteristic of snoring, and it cannot completely replace PSG detection.

In addition, the existing research has high requirements on the recording conditions of snoring samples, and the requirements on the recording conditions directly limit the popularization and use of the method

Overall, existing methods are not suitable for detection in home settings

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