We built Phonalyze out of necessity.  Given the current state of our society, our friends in Laryngology and Speech Therapy asked for a solution that could be tailored for Telehealth visits allowing audio to be captured from remote locations without the degradation in quality which occurs over video conference visits.  The solution had to be secure, private, reside on HIPAA compliant servers with encrypted patient information, be able to analyze audio through PRAAT, and be easy to use without requiring any app to download.

The solution is Phonalyze. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Phonalyze do for HIPAA Compliance and Patient Privacy?

We take patient privacy and HIPAA compliance very seriously.  Firstly, Phonalyze is hosted on a HIPAA compliant server with Atlantic.net.  The server security architecture includes encrypted SSL security, routine backups of data, and resides behind a firewall.  The Phonalyze database is fully encrypted for patient privacy and resides behind an additional security portal behind the front end segment of the system.  All patient information (including name, phone number, email address, etc) is saved in encrypted values with absolutely no patient information viewable through the database.  URLs which are sent to patients for perceptual or voice tasks are encrypted and completely anonymous over the internet.  The URLs generated by Phonalyze are created in real-time on-demand from the therapist, fully encrypted without any patient identifying information contained in them.  Voice and perceptual task responses are also anonymous over the internet and encrypted without any patient or therapist information contained in them.   The technology used in Phonalyze was created by experts on our team with years of experience in internet security and authentication management.

What technology does Phonalyze use?

Phonalyze is built on a PWA architecture - Progressive Web Application.  Unlike traditional mobile apps, PWAs do not need to be downloaded to a person's phone but contain 99% of the functionality available in traditional apps.  Using this architecture, we can encrypt all information over the internet and allow for the functionality to work completely over the browser.  PWA is the architecture used by companies like twitter, uber, facebook etc when accessed through a web browser.  The back-end processing of audio is done through PRAAT, a shareware analysis application with voice analysis reporting capabilities.  

Who can use Phonalyze?

Phonalyze can be used by speech therapists, laryngologists, researchers, students, and anyone else wanted to capture voice remotely with analysis capability across remote locations or over telehealth visits.  Although designed with speech therapists and laryngologists as our experts, we understand the power of the solution and how it can be applied for others and welcome you to try it.  

Is Phonalyze fully developed?

Yes and no.  The core functionality of Phonalyze is fully developed but that does not mean we are done developing it.  We are still adding new tasks and tools into the system.  We built Phonalyze with capabilities such as timed audio capture, open-ended audio capture, Q&A or survey capabilities and more.  These capabilities were developed after understanding the needs of our expert advisors.  With the capabilities developed, we now are able to add new "tasks" which leverage the capabilities developed.  An example of this is when we create a task of "say aahh" for five seconds and later add the task of "reading the rainbow passage".  Both tasks leverage the same capability of capturing audio remotely, analyzing the audio, and reporting the results back to the therapists.  Similarly, we can create additional tasks for patients to say "eee" or read a different passage.  With our capability-focused development complete, the adding of additional tasks for patients requires minimal development on our end.  In fact, we even included a "feedback" tab on the dashboard to encourage people to send us requests for tasks that would make your job easier and more effective.  We may not include all requests in the system, but we will definitely run them by our advisors to gauge value.