Sonde Health Integrates Voice-Based Health Monitoring into Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound Platforms

Sonde Health has integrated its voice-based health monitoring technology into Qualcomm's Snapdragon S7+ Gen 1 Sound Platform. This development enables manufacturers to incorporate Sonde's voice-based mental and cognitive fitness monitoring directly into audio devices like those powered by Qualcomm's compact chipset.

Beyond Snapdragon S7+ Gen 1, Sonde has also optimized its technology for the QCC5181 and SM8450 families of Qualcomm processors and is designed to be ported to other front-end voice processors and sub-processors.

Sonde's vocal biomarker technology enables real-time, non-invasive monitoring of mental fitness (e.g., depression, anxiety) and cognitive fitness (e.g., cognitive load, mild cognitive impairment) using just a short 30-second voice sample. Embedding this technology directly into Snapdragon's S7 and S7+ chipsets enables manufacturers to integrate advanced health diagnostics into their devices without hardware changes.

Other key features and benefits include the following:

• Optimized software development kit.
• Edge AI capabilities for on-device processing that ensures real-time analysis and reduced latency, as no audio data is stored on the device or sent to the cloud.
• The ability for consumers to monitor their mental and cognitive fitness using only their voices.

"By successfully embedding our technology directly into small-footprint chipsets, we've turned everyday audio devices into high-powered health tracking wearables," said David Liu, CEO of Sonde Health, in a statement. "We have proven that even the smallest consumer wearables and devices, such as hearing aids, earbuds, headphones, and even smart glasses, can track cognitive and mental fitness, fundamentally changing how people will manage their well-being."