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CMSC Meeting Focuses on Challenges, Solutions to Quality of Life Issues

Nearly 3,000 multiple sclerosis (MS) healthcare providers and researchers Ā convened recently to share their findings regarding the latest developments in the diagnosis and treatment of MS. However, unlike past meetings, this year’s 34th Annual Meeting of theĀ Consortium of MS Centers (CMSC) took place online. Virtual presentations covered the…

US, Australia Issue Patents on Sonde’s Voice-analysis Technology for Diagnosing Diseases

The United States and Australia have issued patents on Sonde Health‘s voice-analysis technology for diagnosing and monitoringĀ multiple sclerosisĀ and other diseases that affect speech. Sonde, which has dubbed its invention vocal biomarker technology, said the U.S. patent is Ā 9,936,914 and the Australian oneĀ 2014374349. Both patents cover Sonde’s…

#CMSC16 – MS Patients’ Speech Limitations and Difficulty in Swallowing May Be Measured Through Phoneme Rate Production

Researchers from Mount Sinai Rehabilitation HospitalĀ found that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) whoĀ complain ofĀ speech limitations or difficulty in swallowing cannot produce specific phonemes, which may be a helpful way of objectively quantifying these symptoms in MS patients. The findings wereĀ recently reportedĀ in an oral presentation titled “Rate of…