Table 2 The calibration of the cough analyser
From: A portable automatic cough analyser in the ambulatory assessment of cough
Nr | Nh | Nm | Automatic counting by the cough analyser | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | T d = 0.1s A d = 10% | T d = 0.1s A d = 20% | T d = 0.1s A d = 40% | T d = 1 s A d = 20% | T d = 1 s A d = 10% | T d = 1 s A d = 5% | ||||||
| Â | Â | Â | N a | EC a-m (%) | N a | EC a-m (%) | N a | EC a-m (%) | N a | EC a-m (%) | N a | EC a-m (%) | N a | EC a-m (%) |
1 | 164 | 162 | 178 | 9.88 | 175 | 8.03 | 151 | 6.79 | 156 | 3.7 | 166 | 2.47 | 182 | 12.35 |
2 | 174 | 177 | 194 | 9.61 | 190 | 7.35 | 164 | 7.35 | 169 | 4.52 | 182 | 2.83 | 199 | 12.43 |
3 | 171 | 173 | 191 | 10.41 | 185 | 6.94 | 161 | 6.94 | 165 | 4.62 | 178 | 2.89 | 194 | 12.14 |
4 | 199 | 197 | 217 | 10.15 | 212 | 7.61 | 182 | 7.61 | 188 | 4.57 | 204 | 3.55 | 223 | 13.20 |
5 | 134 | 132 | 145 | 9.85 | 142 | 7.58 | 121 | 8.33 | 126 | 4.55 | 135 | 2.27 | 147 | 11.36 |
6 | 227 | 224 | 247 | 10.27 | 240 | 7.14 | 207 | 7.59 | 214 | 4.46 | 232 | 3.57 | 255 | 13.84 |