MIT Working On App To Detect Coronavirus Based On Cough Sound

CAMBRIDGE (CBS) — Could your phone one day tell you if you’re likely to have COVID-19 based on the sound of your cough? That’s what scientists at MIT envision.

Researchers there have discovered that asymptomatic people – those who do not have any coronavirus symptoms – may sound different from healthy people in the way that they cough. MIT says the human ear can’t tell the difference but artificial intelligence can.

The research team collected tens of thousands of coughs that people voluntarily submitted through web browsers and phones.

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