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Deshpande, Thakur and Zadgaonkar (2014). Assessment of Second Degree Heart Block from Speech Analysis. Journal of Ravishankar University (Part-B: Science), 27(1), pp. 108-114.
Assessment of Second Degree
Heart Block from Speech Analysis
Nivedita Deshpande, Kavita Thakur and A.S. Zadgaonkar
School of Studies in Electronics,
Pt. RavishankarShukla University, Raipur - 492010, Chhattisgarh, India
CorrespondingAuthor: kavithakur@rediffmail.com
[Received
18 March 2014; revised version received 23 March 2014; accepted 17 April
2014)
Abstract. More than
50% people
suffer from some heart disease in lndia in which the heart block. is most
common heart disease. Some patients get proper
clinical assistance in due course of time but some may not. due to lack of medical
expertise. This merely happens in
remote areas
where there is always such problems can occur. This could be avoided if proper clinical advice and treatment
is made available to patients. A heart block is a disease in the electrical system
of the heart. Hean block can cause fainting
and palpitation. The heart functioning can be monitored by analyzing
the electrical activitie through electrocardiogram
(ECG). The paper focuses on the method of
determination of second degree Heart Block conditir-n of a human heart from the speech analysis. In
an ECG the PR interval
represents the time taken for the depolarization to read
from the SA node to the ventricular muscle. If multiple P waves are obtained for a QRS complex, the second degree Heart Block is found. As
Formant Frequency is the speech feature which represents the physiological and psychological coi.dition of a human body. Formant
analysis describes various heart parameters which are obtained through an
ECG and so the detection of various heart diseases can be possible from speech analysis.
Keywords: Formant frequency, ECG, RR-duration,
heart block, PR-interval, Hindi utterance
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