Automatic Recognition, Segmentation, and Sex Assignment of Nocturnal Asthmatic Coughs and Cough Epochs in Smartphone Audio Recordings: Observational Field Study

Filipe Barata   ¹ , MSc ;   Peter Tinschert   ² , MSc ;   Frank Rassouli   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Claudia Steurer-Stey   ^{4, 5} , MD, PhD ;   Elgar Fleisch   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Milo Alan Puhan   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Martin Brutsche   ³ , MD, PhD ;   David Kotz   ^{1, 6, 7} , PhD ;   Tobias Kowatsch   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ Center for Digital Health Interventions, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

² Center for Digital Health Interventions, Institute of Technology Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

³ Lung Center, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

⁴ Institute of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

⁵ mediX Group Practice, Zurich, Switzerland

⁶ Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States

⁷ Center for Technology and Digital Health, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States