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Post by M. Hawbaker on Apr 17, 2020 16:45:51 GMT
Everyone knows that one of the main presenting symptoms of COVID-19 is a cough. But what kind of cough, exactly? There’s a smartphone app under development and about to start clinical testing that is meant to answer that question. The idea behind it is that “coughs aren’t all the same,” says Dr. Daniel Karlin, a physician and CEO of HealthMode, a health-tech startup that is looking to enroll participants in a test of its CoughMode software. Users who install the app — whose website urges users to “Donate your cough to science!” — can start it when they begin to cough and upload the sound to HealthMode, which will analyze it for characteristics such as volume, duration and frequency. Their health will then be monitored with weekly questionnaires. By matching cough sounds with other clinical data, Karlin says, the company hopes to build a database that can be used to make diagnostic predictions and chart the course of the disease.
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Post by barb43 on Apr 17, 2020 20:56:55 GMT
Once upon a time, I'd have thought this was great! And I'd have wanted to be in on it. There's been a lot of water under the bridge since those days. I don't think I'm quite Jerry in Conspiracy Theory, but ... I am so mistrusting these days ... The head of this project, Dr. Daniel Karlin, a physician and CEO of HealthMode, goes on in the article to say, Emphasis is mine. I'll pass on participating in this project.
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