by Meir Orbach
Israel’s Ministry of Defense is testing technology developed by voice analyses startup Vocalis Health on confirmed coronavirus patients to see if it can detect a vocal coronavirus fingerprint to help with diagnosis
Is it possible to detect coronavirus (Covid-19) by the sound of a patient’s voice?
Israel’s Ministry of Defense is technology
developed by voice analyses startup Vocalis Health on confirmed
coronavirus (Covid-19) patients to see if the virus has a unique vocal
fingerprint that can help with diagnosis, the company announced Tuesday.
Coronavirus checkup in Tel Aviv. Photo: Shaul Golan
As part of the defense ministry’s testing,
confirmed coronavirus patients are asked to give voice samples that are
compared to those of a control group from the general population. The
testing is being conducted at several hospitals and throughout the
country, with results expected in four-six weeks, according to the
company’s statement.
Founded in December 2019 as a result of a
merger
between two Israeli digital health startups—Beyond Verbal
Communication Ltd. and Healthymize Ltd.—Vocalis Health develops
artificial intelligence, machine learning-based voice analysis
applications for the health sector. The company’s technology help
healthcare providers assess a person’s health based on his or her voice
and assist in the diagnosis of conditions that influence the vocal
cords, such as heart and respiratory diseases and depression. The
company has raised $9 million to date.
Meir Orbach
Source: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3803369,00.html
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