“All babies can suck well, whereas you can’t really tell them to blow into a device,” said UAB Neonatologist & Researcher Dr. Namasivayam Ambalavanan. Teams at Purdue University and the University of ...

If you have COPD, the sounds made by your lungs can help your doctor evaluate the state of your airways and whether your treatment is working. Types of COPD lung sounds include wheezing, crackling, ...

During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies — air moving in and out of the lungs, heart beats, and even digested food progressing through the long ...

Doctors and engineers at Purdue University in Indiana are heading this project, but they'll test the smart pacifier at UAB, with Ambalavanan leading that part of the project in 2027. The team has just ...

The sound speed through the lungs is influenced by the lungs' material properties and density. Probing the lungs of intubated infants with sound may provide a means to identify changes in lung ...

Lung sounds are the noises a person makes as they breathe in and out, including sounds of regular breathing. However, wheezing, crackling, stridor, and other sounds can also occur, indicating an ...

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is one of the deadliest malformations in newborns. The main problem is the underdevelopment ...

From heart beats to stomach gurgles, sounds hold important health information. New wireless devices sit on skin to continuously capture these sounds, then stream data to smartphones or tablets in real ...