
Assoc. Professor Mieke Moerman, MD, MSc, PhD
President B-Laryphon | Board member UEP / EAP | Chair of UEP Biomarker Committee
Founder of TELEPHON.digital BV, Ghent, Belgium
mmoermanmdmscphd@gmail.com
Prof. Ahmed Abdelgoad
ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal and Ain Shams University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
dr_mido1976@yahoo.com
Dr. Mette Pedersen, MD, PhD
Ear-Nose-Throat Specialist, Denmark
www.mettepedersen.org/cv
m.f.pedersen@dadlnet.dk
Prof. Dr. Haldun OGUZ
Department of Otolaryngology, Lokman Hekim University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye
oguz@phoniatrics.eu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramón Hernández-Villoria, MD, MSc
Centro Clínico de Audición y Lenguaje Cealca, Caracas, Venezuela
ORCID | rhernandezv971@gmail.com
Prof. Daniele Farneti, MD
Universities of Bologna, Parma and Ferrara; Pathophysiology of Vocal Production, Music Conservatory of Parma, Italy
daniele.farneti@auslromagna.it
Valentina Camesasca, MD
ENT / Phoniatrician, Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy
dr.camesasca.valentina@gmail.com
Assoc. Prof. Necati Enver, MD
Marmara University, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
necatienver@gmail.com
Gavkhar Khaydarova, MD, MSc, PhD
Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
haydarovadoc@mail.ru
Ilona Kaminska, MD
Phoniatric and Audiologic Department, University of Poznan, Poland
kaminska.ilona@spsk2.pl
Alberto Paderno, MD
University of Brescia, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Brescia, Italy
albpaderno@gmail.com
Prof. Virgilijus Uloza, MD
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Department of Otolaryngology, Kaunas, Lithuania
virgilijus.ulozas@kaunoklinikos.lt
Neveen Nashaat, MD
Asst. Prof. of Phoniatrics and Audiology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
dr.neveennashaat@gmail.com
11th March 2024, 17:00 CET
The UEP Biomarker Committee held a meeting on March 11, 2024 (5–6pm Brussels time) exploring voice-related biomarkers for voice and swallowing problems in Parkinson's patients. Professor Paavo Alku from Aalto University (Finland) presented on inverse filtering of the voice signal — exploring glottal closure and aerodynamic voice dimensions via inverse filtering.
A short introduction to glottal inverse filtering (GIF) methods covering the history, benefits and drawbacks of GIF, and the most common voice source parameters. The use of GIF and voice source parameters in machine learning-based classification of pathological speech is described, including experiments on automatic detection of Parkinson's disease and heart failure from speech.

Paavo Alku is a professor of speech communication technology at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. His research interests include analysis and parameterization of speech production, speech-based biomarking of human health, and cerebral processing of speech. He has published around 240 peer-reviewed journal articles and 220 conference papers, and is a Fellow of IEEE and ISCA.
Preliminary Technical Exploration by Alberto Paderno, Humanitas University

Assoc. Professor Mieke Moerman, MD, MSc, PhD
President B-Laryphon | Board member UEP / EAP | Chair of UEP Biomarker Committee
Founder of TELEPHON.digital BV, Ghent, Belgium
mmoermanmdmscphd@gmail.com
Prof. Ahmed Abdelgoad
ENT Department, Faculty of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal and Ain Shams University, Khobar, Saudi Arabia
dr_mido1976@yahoo.com
Dr. Mette Pedersen, MD, PhD
Ear-Nose-Throat Specialist, Denmark
www.mettepedersen.org/cv
m.f.pedersen@dadlnet.dk
Prof. Dr. Haldun OGUZ
Department of Otolaryngology, Lokman Hekim University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkiye
oguz@phoniatrics.eu
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ramón Hernández-Villoria, MD, MSc
Centro Clínico de Audición y Lenguaje Cealca, Caracas, Venezuela
ORCID | rhernandezv971@gmail.com
Prof. Daniele Farneti, MD
Universities of Bologna, Parma and Ferrara; Pathophysiology of Vocal Production, Music Conservatory of Parma, Italy
daniele.farneti@auslromagna.it
Valentina Camesasca, MD
ENT / Phoniatrician, Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milano, Italy
dr.camesasca.valentina@gmail.com
Assoc. Prof. Necati Enver, MD
Marmara University, Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey
necatienver@gmail.com
Gavkhar Khaydarova, MD, MSc, PhD
Tashkent Medical Academy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
haydarovadoc@mail.ru
Ilona Kaminska, MD
Phoniatric and Audiologic Department, University of Poznan, Poland
kaminska.ilona@spsk2.pl
Alberto Paderno, MD
University of Brescia, Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Brescia, Italy
albpaderno@gmail.com
Prof. Virgilijus Uloza, MD
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Department of Otolaryngology, Kaunas, Lithuania
virgilijus.ulozas@kaunoklinikos.lt
Neveen Nashaat, MD
Asst. Prof. of Phoniatrics and Audiology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
dr.neveennashaat@gmail.com
11th March 2024, 17:00 CET
The UEP Biomarker Committee held a meeting on March 11, 2024 (5–6pm Brussels time) exploring voice-related biomarkers for voice and swallowing problems in Parkinson's patients. Professor Paavo Alku from Aalto University (Finland) presented on inverse filtering of the voice signal — exploring glottal closure and aerodynamic voice dimensions via inverse filtering.
A short introduction to glottal inverse filtering (GIF) methods covering the history, benefits and drawbacks of GIF, and the most common voice source parameters. The use of GIF and voice source parameters in machine learning-based classification of pathological speech is described, including experiments on automatic detection of Parkinson's disease and heart failure from speech.

Paavo Alku is a professor of speech communication technology at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland. His research interests include analysis and parameterization of speech production, speech-based biomarking of human health, and cerebral processing of speech. He has published around 240 peer-reviewed journal articles and 220 conference papers, and is a Fellow of IEEE and ISCA.
Preliminary Technical Exploration by Alberto Paderno, Humanitas University

