Voice changes appear as early as exacerbation onset in asthma, COPD

Patients with asthma or COPD experience changes in various speech features over the course of an exacerbation, according to results published in ERJ Open Research.“This research shows clinicians that voice changes at the onset of a flare-up and such changes can be detected at home using one’s own mobile device,” Sami O. Simons, MD, assistant professor at Maastricht University