Sonde Health, in Collaboration with KT Corporation, to Provide Voice-Based Mental Health Monitoring Services to Help South Korea Tackle Mental Health Issues
July 17 2024 - 9:01AM
Business Wire
Sonde Health and KT Corporation (KT) have agreed to collaborate
on a next-generation mental health management solution.
Sonde Health will provide its clinically validated Mental
Fitness vocal biomarker solution to screen users’ mental health on
a daily basis. Meanwhile, KT Corporation, South Korea's largest
telecommunications service provider, will offer the infrastructure
and relevant services to help users improve their mental
health.
Over the next few years, Sonde will work closely with KT to
develop and deliver technologies using Sonde’s Mental Fitness
solution, to expand access and support for mental health services
for many segments of the population.
“Our voices are an early indicator of our mental fitness and,
when tracked, can provide awareness that can spur behavior change
in order to stay healthy,” said David Liu, CEO of Sonde Health.
“Through this collaboration with KT, our vocal biomarker solution
will give South Koreans insight into their mental health so they
can be proactive in maintaining their well-being.”
According to Team Leader Mr. M. G. Kwak from KT's Healthcare
Business Team, “KT is developing a digital platform to provide
mental health wellness services to many segments of the population
across Korea. Sonde Health will join KT’s initiative by integrating
its voice-based mental health solutions into KT’s platform.”
Sonde Mental Fitness leverages audio signal processing, speech
science, and machine learning (ML) algorithms trained on more than
a million global voice samples to optimize its performance across
cultures, languages, and socioeconomic groups. Using a 30-second
voice sample, the technology analyzes eight acoustic features
relevant to mental health and delivers a score divided into three
ranges: “Pay Attention” (0-69), “Good” (70-79), and “Excellent"
(80-100).
In a recent published study, Sonde Mental Fitness was found to
accurately identify individuals with mental health symptoms,
delivering results consistent with those of the M3 Checklist, a
clinically validated, mental health assessment for depression,
anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and
bipolar disorder.
This partnership is part of a broader strategy to accelerate
global adoption of Sonde Mental Fitness. Sonde’s vocal biomarker
solution is already deployed by life insurers, pharmaceutical
companies, wellness providers, and military organizations in the
U.S. and abroad.
About Sonde Health
Sonde Health is the global leader in voice-based health tracking
and data insights. Sonde’s vocal biomarker API/SDK serves
enterprise apps and devices spanning consumer wellness to
population health. Leveraging a best-in-class voice data set and
clinical research with over 1.2 million samples from 85,000+
individuals on four continents, Sonde uses advanced audio signal
processing, speech science, and AI/machine learning to sense and
analyze subtle vocal changes due to changes in a person’s
physiology to provide key insights into health and well-being.
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