Detection of obstructive sleep apnea through auditory display ofheart
rate variability

Ballora, M.  Pennycook, B.  Ivanov, P.Ch.  Goldberger, A.  Glass, L.


This paper appears in: Computers in Cardiology 2000
Publication Date: 2000
On page(s): 739-740
Meeting Date: 09/24/2000 - 09/27/2000
Location: Cambridge, MA, USA
ISBN: 0-7803-6557-7
References Cited: 7
INSPEC Accession Number: 6867019
DOI: 10.1109/CIC.2000.898630
Posted online: 2002-08-06 23:25:35.0

Abstract
A data set of interbeat interval times is read into a music software
synthesis program to become the basis of a “soundtrack” or
auditory display. Here the authors present examples of the
sonifications, and discuss potential advantages in listening to, as
opposed to viewing, heart rate variability data. This method treats
the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea as a problem of orchestration
and melody