Method and apparatus to measure jitter (period-to-period fluctuations in fundamental frequency) among the voices of suicidal, major depressed, and non-suicidal patients to predict near-term suicidal risk.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
This patent application claims the benefit of the priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119 and 120 of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/238,351 entitled "Analysis of Vocal Jitter For Near-Term Suicidal Risk Assessment" filed Oct. 6, 2000 in the names of Dr. Stephen E. Silverman, Dr. Marilyn K. Silverman and Asli Ozdas.
