Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 894-898 , December 2008

Could formant frequencies of snore signals be an alternative means for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea?

  • Andrew Keong Ng

      Affiliations

    • School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 94306840; fax: +65 67930756.
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  • Tong San Koh

      Affiliations

    • School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore
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  • Eugene Baey

      Affiliations

    • Respironics Incorporated, Vbox 881389, Singapore 919191, Republic of Singapore
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  • Teck Hock Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Republic of Singapore
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  • Udantha Ranjith Abeyratne

      Affiliations

    • School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
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  • Kathiravelu Puvanendran

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Unit, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Republic of Singapore

Received 15 May 2007 ,Revised 18 July 2007 ,Accepted 18 July 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00267-5

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.07.010

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 8 , Pages 894-898 , December 2008

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