The symptoms of ear infections can be a little vague, and can be easily confused with other conditions. But now, researchers from the University of Washington have come up with a mobile app that can ...

Researchers are developing a smartphone app that, with the help of a simple paper funnel, might help parents detect fluid buildup in a child's ear – one symptom of an ear infection. The app is still ...

You may have heard about artificial intelligence algorithms which can smell diseases, such as Parkinson’s, Crohn’s or even liver failure. But here’s a new one: An A.I. smartphone app that’s able to ...

Smartphones can do it all — call you a taxi, give you directions, find you a date. But can those all-powerful phones play doctor, too? Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have ...

Dr. Randall Bly, one of the University of Washington researchers, uses the app on his daughter’s ear. (UW Photo / Dennis Wise) Like dirty diapers and sleepless nights, ear infections are just one of ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have created a smartphone app that can detect ear infections in children, a development that could lead to a new screening tool for use at home or in ...

Dr. Randall Bly uses a uses a phone app and a paper funnel to focus the sound, to check his daughter for an ear infection. AP WASHINGTON — Researchers have created a way for a smartphone to “hear” a ...