Hyfe Publications and Papers

Cough is a ubiquitous health indicator whose impact is extreme and underappreciated. As an information-rich symptom that is associated with a myriad of diseases, cough is also the ideal clinical endpoint. Yet, cough continues to be assessed mainly through subjective surveys, as it has been for decades, even centuries..

We use multiple approaches to evaluate the accuracy of Hyfe’s cough detection algorithms and the performance of its apps in various real-world scenarios. In a clinical context, Hyfe has optimized its apps for high performance in quiet indoor settings, such as a bedroom or hospital room, for any user, and for all...

Hyfe is designed for individual users. High performance means detecting all coughs from a nearby user and no ambient coughs from others in the distance. To achieve this, Hyfe uses various metrics to sort out the soundscape it is analyzing, filtering to loud noise...

Long coronavirus disease (COVID) refers to an array of variable and fluctuating symptoms experienced after acute illness, with signs and symptoms that persist for 8–12 weeks and are not otherwise explicable. Cough is the most common symptom of acute COVID-19, but cough may persist in some individuals for weeks or...