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We're already used to tracking our steps, and this AI company's technology wants you to track coughs in the same way. It may end up saving your life.

This week in Healthcare Digital, we looked at digital skills for healthcare leaders, medical technology & acoustic AI used in digital cough monitoring

Hyfe uses acoustic AI in its digital cough monitoring. Dr. Joe Brew, Co-Founder & CEO of Hyfe AI, tells us more about coughing technology post-COVID-19

Developed by researchers in the U.S., the free app, called Hyfe, uses voice recognition technology to record, count and monitor a cough, even while asleep.

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The free-to-download app offers an option to track coughs through the day, week, month or year. Users can monitor a loved ones cough and can grant permission to share data. Users cough into the phone microphone and the app analyses the cough. The plan is that the user then alerts their doctor and has a record of coughing. "The idea of acoustic epidemiology is nothing new," Mr Brew said. "They ask you to describe a cough and assess is it dry or forced. I believe acoustic coughing is going to...

AI-powered cough monitoring app now available on Android and iOS Share An AI-powered cough-monitoring app that provides health insights and can potentially detect COVID-19 has launched on both Android and iOS platforms. Called Hyfe, the app uses specialised acoustic artificial intelligence algorithms to analyse users’ coughs, with individual markers including volume and regularity helping people identify any underlying illnesses. These markers can be used to detect anomalies and trends, act...

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