A body of research has shown that there are linguistic differences in the way people with epilepsy talk about their seizures when compared to those with non-epileptic seizures. We extend this line of research by presenting the results of a phonetic analysis comparing speech samples from people with a confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy (7 patients), to those with a confirmed diagnosis of non-epileptic seizures (8 patients). Variables considered include features of pitch, intensity, duration and pausing in their responses to questions from a neurologist during medical history-taking. We find only limited evidence of differences between the two diagnostic groups (epilepsy vs. non-epileptic seizures). We discuss possible reasons for this lack of evidence.

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语音分析区分癫痫和非癫痫发作的潜力

大量研究表明，与非癫痫发作的患者相比，癫痫患者谈论癫痫发作的方式存在语言差异。我们通过呈现语音分析的结果来扩展这一研究领域，将来自确诊癫痫患者（7 名患者）的语音样本与确诊为非癫痫发作患者（8 名患者）的语音样本进行比较。考虑的变量包括音调、强度、持续时间和他们在病史采集期间对神经科医生问题的回答中的停顿。我们发现两个诊断组（癫痫与非癫痫发作）之间差异的证据有限。我们讨论了这种缺乏证据的可能原因。