Decoding sickness with the sound of a cough

Whether it be acute or chronic, almost every single one of us will experience a respiratory illness at some point in our lives, and thanks to smartphone app ResApp, the common cough Is being used to help diagnose and manage that illness. And it’s not just asthma, pneumonia, COPD and COVID the company is tackling with intuitive algorithms analysing cough sounds, with a secondary platform also released that’s able to indicate the presence of sleep apnoea. Meet Dr Rukhsana Rehman, a passionate telehealth practitioner using ResApp to improve the accuracy of respiratory disease diagnosis, and meet medical student Victoria, an asthma sufferer who says apps like ResApp could greatly improve the lives of asthma sufferers everywhere. The name behind the innovation Tony Keating – Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director www.resapphealth.com.au