Table 1

Characteristics of cough sounds; see additional files 1-9 for the sound files used in this study (converted to mp3 format).
No.
 Gender
 Cough with mucus
 Cough with wheeze
 Diagnosis
 Category
1
 Female
 no
 no
 Laryngitis
 A
2
 Male
 yes
 yes
 COPD/Bronchiectasis
 D
3
 Female
 no
 yes
 COPD
 C
4
 Male
 no
 no
 IPF
 A
5
 Female
 no
 no
 IPF
 A
6
 Female
 no
 yes
 Asthma
 C
7
 Male
 no
 yes
 Asthma
 C
8
 Male
 yes
 no
 Bronchiectasis
 B
9
 Male
 yes
 yes
 COPD
 D

Smith et al. Cough 2006 2:1   doi:10.1186/1745-9974-2-1