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. 2010 Mar 14;9:17. doi: 10.1186/1475-925X-9-17

Table 2.

The calibration of the cough analyser

Nr Nh Nm Automatic counting by the cough analyser

Td = 0.1s
Ad = 10%
Td = 0.1s
Ad = 20%
Td = 0.1s
Ad = 40%
Td = 1 s
Ad = 20%
Td = 1 s
Ad = 10%
Td = 1 s
Ad = 5%

Na ECa-m (%) Na ECa-m (%) Na ECa-m
(%)
Na ECa-m (%) Na ECa-m (%) Na ECa-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

Nr - number; Nh - number of incidents counted from hearing in real time;

Nm - number of incidents counted manually the software MES Cough Analyser;

Na - number of incidents automatically counted by cough analyser;

ECa-m - counting error; Td - discrimination time; Ad - amplitude of discrimination.