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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

ST Elevation Sonification of a 12-Lead ECG for the Assessment, Diagnosis, and Monitoring of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Thomas Hermann, Steffen Grautoff, Friederike Tielking, Jan Persson, Hans H Diebner, Jens Tiesmeier

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Thomas HermannAmbient Intelligence Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, 33619 Bielefeld, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7975-4363
Steffen GrautoffEmergency Medical Services, District of Herford, Amtshausstr. 3, 32051 Herford, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3548-3271
Friederike TielkingDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Medicine, MKK-Johannes Wesling Hospital Minden, Ruhr-University Bochum, Campus OWL, Hans-Nolte-Str. 1, 32429 Minden, Germany.
Jan PerssonDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Medicine, MKK-Johannes Wesling Hospital Minden, Ruhr-University Bochum, Campus OWL, Hans-Nolte-Str. 1, 32429 Minden, Germany.ORCID 0009-0004-8465-6134
Hans H DiebnerDepartment of Medical Informatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7138-6372
Jens TiesmeierInstitute for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care- and Emergency Medicine, MKK-Hospital Luebbecke, Ruhr-University Bochum, Campus OWL, Virchowstr. 65, 32312 Luebbecke, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8074-5085

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We introduce a novel technique for the sonification/auditory representation of a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), the standard diagnostic method for the detection of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Our approach to ST elevation sonification conveys the detailed variation of the ST segment to enable differentiated, correct interpretation and severity without consulting a visual display. We present a variety of novel sonification designs and discuss their benefits and limitations. As part of an emergency training program, a cohort of 44 medical students (5th academic year) participated in a classification study in which the diagnostic accuracy of the participants was determined with regard to audibly presented ECG sequences of different STEMI severity levels. Regarding the classification of sonified ECG sequences, the discrimination of isoelectricity (IE, the healthy class) from all other (STEMI) classes combined yielded a perfect classification of all 660 classification instances (sensitivity = specificity = 1). With respect to the individual classification of all five classes (IE, inferior/anterior, and moderate/severe STEMI), an overall accuracy of 0.82 (0.79, 0.85) and an intraclass coefficient of κ=0.77 were estimated.

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AcousticsEducation, MedicalElectrocardiographyMonitoring, PhysiologicST Elevation Myocardial InfarctionAdultFemaleHumansMaleSoundStudents, MedicalYoung Adultauditory displayelectrocardiographyparameter mappingprocess monitoringsonificationSTEMI

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PMID40732503
PMCPMC12299781

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