Systems and methods for diagnosing and analyzing concussions

Abstract

A system for determining whether a user has a concussion includes: a mobile device including a camera, microphone, display, an application program running on the mobile device, and a network connection, and a back end processing server, the mobile device further including a processor that is configured to execute program instructions associated with the application that cause the mobile device to: collect audio in response to specific questions from the user using the microphone, and transmit the audio to the back end processing server, and wherein the back end processing server configured to execute program instructions to: receive the audio stream from the user, store the audio stream, process the audio stream to recognize speech within the audio stream, and compare parameters associated with the speech recognition with prior speech for the user collected on a prior occasion in response to the same questions.

1 . A system for determining whether a user has a concussion, comprising:
 a mobile device including a camera, microphone, display, an application program running on the mobile device, and a network connection; and   a back end processing server;   the mobile device further including a processor that is configured to execute program instructions associated with the application that cause the mobile device to:
 collect audio in response to specific questions from the user using the microphone; and 
 transmit the audio to the back end processing server; and 
   wherein the back end processing server configured to execute program instructions to:
 receive the audio stream from the user; 
 store the audio stream; 
 process the audio stream to recognize speech within the audio stream; and 
 compare parameters associated with the speech recognition with prior speech for the user collected on a prior occasion in response to the same questions. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 back end processor further configured to execute program instructions to:
 determine at least one of the following: 
 delay in speech, slurring in speech, higher pitch in speech, insertion of hesitation sounds. 
   
     
     
         3 . The system according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the back end system configured to execute a complete concussion test and a score for a user based on analyzing speech recognition responses from the user.   
     
     
         4 . The system according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 the back end system being configured to execute a complete concussion test and a score for a user wherein the score is further based on prior concussion tests conducted using speech recognition responses from the user.   
     
     
         5 . The system according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 the mobile device collecting and transmitting eye movement using the camera and transmitting the eye movement to the back and server for concussion analysis and scoring.   
     
     
         6 . The system according to  claim 5 , further comprising:
 the mobile device collecting and transmitting balance data to the back end server for concussion analysis and scoring.   
     
     
         7 - 9 . (canceled)