STTR Phase I: Development and Validation of a Speech-Based Portable Concussion Screening Tool

STTR 第一阶段：基于语音的便携式脑震荡筛查工具的开发和验证

• 批准号: 1448930
• 负责人: Shane McQuillan
• 金额: $ 22.49万
• 依托单位: Contect, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1448930&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Development; Validation; Speech

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is found in the creation of a faster, more portable, affordable, and reliable concussion screening tool. This is important because of the large number of concussions occurring during youth sport events (estimates range between 2 and 4 million cases per year) and the potential longterm health problems of concussions. The primary concept behind this technology is the collection of brief speech samples using the microphone of a portable device and the instant speech analysis that informs a physician or athletic trainer of significant deviations of certain speech patterns. With widespread use, this technology will make detection of concussions easier and faster and will allow injured athletes to obtain appropriate treatment as quickly as possible. The addressable market for this technology in just the U.S. and E.U. athletic market segments is $6B. This estimate is based on a competitive price point compared to existing concussion screening tools. Additionally, this technology helps address the overall economic impact of untreated concussions, which is estimated to be more than $60B annually. The proposed project will play a key role in the development of a novel concussion screening tool based on speech as a biomarker. Currently, almost 90% of concussions remain undetected, primarily due to the lack of easytouse, rapid, and accurate testing tools. The project will provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between brain injuries and their impacts on speech production, and how to build a toolkit to measure these changes. This STTR team?s Phase I research project will lead to the development of speech processing algorithms on mobile devices, capable of measuring speech changes in any setting. Once the tool is developed a proof of concept study will be undertaken which will compare physician diagnosed concussions versus the Contect test. The fundamental goal

该小型企业技术转移（STTR）I阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在创建更快，更便携，负担得起且可靠的脑震荡筛查工具的过程中。这很重要，因为在青年运动事件中发生了大量脑震荡（估计每年2至400万例）以及脑震荡的潜在长期健康问题。该技术背后的主要概念是使用便携式设备的麦克风和即时的语音分析收集简短的语音样本，并为医师或体育教练提供了某些语音模式的重大偏差。通过广泛使用，该技术将使脑震荡的检测更加容易，更快，并使受伤的运动员能够尽快获得适当的治疗。该技术在美国和欧盟的可寻址市场运动市场细分市场为$ 6B。与现有的脑震荡筛查工具相比，该估算基于竞争性的价格。此外，这项技术有助于解决未经治疗的脑震荡的总体经济影响，估计每年超过$ 60B。 拟议的项目将在基于演讲作为生物标志物的新型脑震荡筛查工具的开发中发挥关键作用。目前，几乎90％的脑震荡仍未被发现，这主要是由于缺乏EasyTouse，快速和准确的测试工具。该项目将对脑损伤及其对语音生产的影响之间的关系有更深入的了解，以及如何构建工具包来衡量这些变化。这个STTR团队的I阶段研究项目将导致移动设备上语音处理算法的开发，能够在任何环境中衡量语音变化。一旦开发了该工具，将进行概念研究证明，这将比较医师被诊断为脑震荡与意图测试。基本目标