PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device, method, and program for analyzing breath sound that has enhanced accuracy for detecting abnormal sound such as aspiration.SOLUTION: The device 11 for analyzing breath sound includes: a breath sound information acquiring part 31 for acquiring breath sound information presenting continuous breath sounds made by a subject for a predetermined period a breath sound extracting part 35 for extracting each breath sound from the continuous breath sounds based on the breath sound information acquired by the breath sound acquisition part 31 a suspicious breath sound detecting part 36 for extracting one breath sound or a plurality of breath sounds as a reference from the breath sounds extracted by the breath sound extracting part 35, and detecting, based on the reference breath sound, a suspicious breath sound suspected of an abnormal breath sound made by the subject when not in a normal condition.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】誤嚥などの異常の検出精度を高めた呼吸音解析装置、呼吸音解析方法、および呼吸音解析プログラムを提供する。【解決手段】呼吸音解析装置11は、所定期間に被験者が発した連続した呼吸音を表す呼吸音情報を取得する呼吸音情報取得部31と、呼吸音情報取得部31が取得した呼吸音情報に基づいて、連続した呼吸音それぞれのうちの各呼気音を抽出する呼気音抽出部35と、呼気音抽出部35が抽出した呼気音の中から、基準となる1又は複数の基準呼気音を抽出し、異常の際に生ずる異常呼気音と疑わしき疑呼気音を該基準呼気音に基づいて検出する疑呼気音検出部36とを備える。【選択図】図2
