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Date(s) - 11/02/2022 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Spark Talk: Saving Lives with Better Sound by Dr. Michael Schutz (Feb 11, 2022)
Description: Shockingly, an FDA assessment found that medical device sound issues are linked to hundreds of fatalities each year. Despite the fact that the technology in these life-saving gadgets has grown at an incredible rate, they still employ noises that haven’t progressed beyond those used in the earliest electronic devices.?My team uses readily available technology to create better sounds that are modeled by those used to successfully communicate in music. We’ve proven in a series of trials that these methods can improve the efficacy of sounds employed in medical gadgets that fill hospitals all around the world.
