ABSTRACT
Background and Objective
In smoking cessation clinical research and practice, objective validation of self-reported
smoking status is crucial for ensuring the reliability of the primary outcome, that
is, smoking abstinence. Speech signals convey important information about a speaker,
such as age, gender, body size, emotional state, and health state. We investigated
(1) if smoking could measurably alter voice features, (2) if smoking cessation could
lead to changes in voice, and therefore (3) if the voice-based smoking status assessment
has the potential to be used as an objective smoking cessation validation method.
Methods
A systematic review of the scientific literature was conducted to compile studies
on smoking status assessment based on voice features. We searched nine scientific
databases for original studies involving the effects of smoking on voice features,
the effects of smoking cessation on voice features.
Results
A total of 34 studies were identified for review. We found that fundamental frequency,
jitter, shimmer, harmonics to noise ratio, and other voice features are affected by
smoking and could be used to assess smoking status.
Conclusion
Speech assessment of smoking status based on voice features has potential as a smoking
status validation method, as it is simple, reliable, and less time-consuming. Furthermore,
this study provides recommendations for future research on the objective speech assessment
of smoking status based on voice features.
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