Interest Operator Analysis for Automatic Assessment of Spontaneous Gestures in Audiometries

A. Fernández, J. Marey, M. Ortega, M. G. Penedo

2014

Abstract

Hearing loss is a common disease which affects a large percentage of the population. Hearing loss may have a negative impact on health, social participation, and daily activities, so its diagnosis and monitoring is indeed important. The audiometric tests related to this diagnosis are constrained when the patient suffers from some form of cognitive impairment. In these cases, audilogist must try to detect particular facial reactions that may indicate auditory perception. With the aim of supporting the audiologist in this evaluation, a screening method that analyzes video sequences and seeks for facial reactions within the eye area was proposed. In this research, a comprehensive survey of one of the most relevent steps of this methodology is presented. This survey considers different alternatives for the detection of the interest points and the classsification techniques. The provided results allow to determine the most suitable configuration for this domain.

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Fernández A., Marey J., Ortega M. and G. Penedo M. (2014). Interest Operator Analysis for Automatic Assessment of Spontaneous Gestures in Audiometries . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-015-4, pages 221-229. DOI: 10.5220/0004926102210229


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@conference{icaart14,
author={A. Fernández and J. Marey and M. Ortega and M. G. Penedo},
title={Interest Operator Analysis for Automatic Assessment of Spontaneous Gestures in Audiometries},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,},
year={2014},
pages={221-229},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004926102210229},
isbn={978-989-758-015-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 1: ICAART,
TI - Interest Operator Analysis for Automatic Assessment of Spontaneous Gestures in Audiometries
SN - 978-989-758-015-4
AU - Fernández A.
AU - Marey J.
AU - Ortega M.
AU - G. Penedo M.
PY - 2014
SP - 221
EP - 229
DO - 10.5220/0004926102210229