The human voice production system is an intricate biological device capable of modulating
pitch and loudness. Inherent internal and/or external factors often damage the vocal folds …

This is the first of a two-part series devoted to review the current state of the art of automatic
voice condition analysis systems. The goal of this paper is to provide to the scientific …

The properties of acoustic speech have previously been investigated as possible cues for
depression in adults. However, these studies were restricted to small populations of patients …

Voice disability is a barrier to effective communication. Around 1.2% of the World's
population is facing some form of voice disability. Surgical procedures namely laryngoscopy …

Telemonitoring of Parkinson's Disease (PD) has attracted considerable research interest
because of its potential to make a lasting, positive impact on the life of patients and their …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is incurable neurological disorder with rapidly
progressive course. Common early symptoms of ALS are difficulty in swallowing and …

The objective of this study is to evaluate the reliability of acoustic voice parameters obtained
using smart phone (SP) microphones and investigate the utility of use of SP voice recordings …

This work is focused on the evaluation of different methods to estimate the amount of jitter
present in speech signals. The jitter value is a measure of the irregularity of a quasiperiodic …

The long-term goal of the work is a decision support system for diagnostics of laryngeal
diseases. Colour images of vocal folds, a voice signal, and questionnaire data are the …

Currently, there are no established objective biomarkers for the diagnosis or monitoring of
schizophrenia. It has been previously reported that there are notable qualitative differences …