Data Collection Using Eko Devices in a Clinical Setting

Data Collection Using Eko Digital Devices in a Clinical Setting

The main objectives of the study are to: train and validate binary classifiers for wheeze, coarse crackle, fine crackle, rhonchus, stridor, rales, and cough, as well as determine correspondence between type/location of adventitious lung sound and type of pulmonary condition.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients suspected or diagnosed lower respiratory condition OR Presence of wheeze, coarse crackle, fine crackle, rhonchus, stridor, rales, and cough discovered during routine auscultation
• Normal patients with no adventitious lung sounds
• Adults patients, over 18 years old
• Able to provide verbal consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients unable to have multiple recordings taken on chest and back (e.g. compromised mobility)
• Patients on mechanical ventilation
• Patients unwilling or unable to provide informed consent