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Telephone pathology assessment

  • US 7,457,753 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2005
  • Issued: 11/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for remote assessment of a user comprising:

  • application software resident on a server and arranged to interact across a network with a user operating a client device to obtain one or more sample signals of the user'"'"'s speech;

    a datastore arranged to store said one or more user speech samples in association with details of the user;

    a feature extraction engine arranged to;

    extract one or more first features from respective speech samples;

    extract one or more second features from one or more reference samples, said reference samples comprising a database of speech samples, each sample having a pathology associated therewith, said pathologies comprising;

    normal, neuromuscular pathologic, physical pathologic and mixed pathologic; and

    store said second features in association with respective pathologies; and

    a comparator arranged to compare said first features extracted from a speech sample with second features extracted from said reference samples and to provide a measure of any differences between said first and second features for assessment of said user.

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