Health
Algorithm spots ‘Covid cough’ inaudible to humans – Yahoo News Australia
An algorithm built in the US correctly identified people with Covid-19 by the sound of their coughs.
woman coughing
An algorithm developed in the US has correctly identified people with Covid-19 only by the sound of their coughs.
In tests, it achieved a 98.5% success rate among people who had received an official positive coronavirus test result, rising to 100% in those who had no other symptoms.
The researchers would need regulatory approval to develop it into an app.
They said the crucial difference in the sound of an asymptomatic-Covid-patient cough could not be heard by human ears.
‘Pool testing’
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