Table 4 Variables provided by the expert annotators.
From: The COUGHVID crowdsourcing dataset, a corpus for the study of large-scale cough analysis algorithms
Name | Range of possible values | Description |
|---|---|---|
quality | {good, ok, poor, no_cough} | Quality of the recorded cough sound. |
cough_type | {wet, dry, unknown} | Type of cough. |
dyspnea | {True, False} | Audible dyspnea. |
wheezing | {True, False} | Audible wheezing. |
stridor | {True, False} | Audible stridor. |
choking | {True, False} | Audible choking. |
congestion | {True, False} | Audible nasal congestion. |
nothing | {True, False} | Nothing specific is audible. |
diagnosis | {upper_infection, lower_infection, obstructive_disease, COVID-19, healthy_cough} | Impression of the expert about the condition of the patient. It can be an upper or lower respiratory tract infection, an obstructive disease (Asthma, COPD, etc), COVID-19, or a healthy cough. |
severity | {pseudocough, mild, severe, unknown} | Impression of the expert about the severity of the cough. It can be a pseudocough from a healthy patient, a mild or severe cough from a sick patient, or unknown if the expert can’t tell. |
