This article presents a review of signals used for measuring physiology and activity during
sleep and techniques for extracting information from these signals. We examine both clinical …

Snoring is a prevalent disorder affecting 20–40% of the general population. The mechanism
of snoring is vibration of anatomical structures in the pharyngeal airway. Flutter of the soft …

Sleep disorders are a common problem and contribute to a wide range of healthcare issues.
The societal and financial costs of sleep disorders are enormous. Sleep-related disorders …

Purpose Breathing sounds during sleep are altered and characterized by various acoustic
specificities in patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB). This study aimed to identify …

Snoring, as a prevalent symptom, seriously interferes with life quality of patients with sleep
disordered breathing only (simple snorers), patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and …

Objective Although awareness of sleep disorders is increasing, limited information is
available on whole night detection of snoring. Our study aimed to develop and validate a …

A new method to detect snoring episodes in sleep sound recordings is proposed. Sleep
sound segments (ie,'sound episodes' or simply'episodes') are classified as snores and …

Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is a high incidence disease with
serious hazard and potential danger. The polysomnography (PSG) has become the gold …

In this paper, an automatic and unsupervised snore detection algorithm is proposed. The
respiratory sound signals of 30 patients with different levels of airway obstruction were …

Sleep sound-activities including snore, cough and somniloquy are closely related to sleep
quality, sleep disorder and even illnesses. To obtain the information of these activities …