Sonde’s voice health tracking comes to Qualcomm’s smartphone chips
Vocal biomarker startup Sonde has been quietly plotting a way to make tracking respiratory and mental health as simple as chatting to a smartphone voice assistant.
The Boston-based company, which was founded in 2015, has raised $19 million for its technology that uses brief voice recordings to reveal the progression of health conditions. On Thursday, Sonde announced a new partnership with chip manufacturing giant Qualcomm that could potentially bring the technology to millions of smartphones, which could prove a crucial test of whether its tech is ready for prime time.
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Industry Voices—From asthma to COVID-19: Using smartphones to reduce hospitalizations
As an asthma and immunology specialist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, I see many people struggle with asthma, and hospitalizations at three times the state average.
Poor construction quality in buildings, higher rates of smoking, and unhealthy air quality all play a role in the higher hospitalization rates. To better manage their symptoms…
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App checks your voice for symptoms of coronavirus and other respiratory conditions – just say ‘ahh’
If you’ve ever told a friend that they don’t sound very well and should visit a doctor, you’ll get the idea behind Sonde Health’s apps.
The company’s technology analyses a voice sample collected via a smartphone to assess whether the user has symptoms of respiratory illness…
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COVID-19: Xavier students test app that tries to read the coronavirus in your voice
Xavier University, a national model for keeping college a face-to-face experience, now is recruiting students to become pioneers in the pandemic’s technology revolution with their phones and their voices.
Once a day, 125 students will use a smartphone app that will listen to each one make the sound “aah” as in “father” for six seconds in a quiet room. The app creator, Sonde Health of Boston, promises….
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The Covid Symptoms Hidden in Our Voices (Podcast)
When we’re coming down with a cold or are feeling a bit stressed, or perhaps even exhibiting the first symptoms of COVID-19: minute changes to our voice are often one of the first indicators that something is wrong. These vocal biomarkers are often beyond what a human can detect: but what if an app on your phone could? Health reporter Michelle Fay Cortez recently spoke to David Liu, CEO of Sonde Health, which has released an app that uses a person’s voice to detect early symptoms of respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19. She explores what vocal biomarkers can tell us.
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Sonde Health adds new sales leads in U.S., India; ATA names Joe Kvedar next chair of board; and other digital health hires
Digital biomarker company Sonde Health has named two new sales leads. In the U.S., Jim Bradley, who previously worked for MAMSI and Kaiser Permanente, will be joining the team as VP of National Sales. Meanwhile, Simran Kaur, who has worked a …
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