Breathe Free with SONU
The world’s first AI enabled acoustic resonance therapy designed to treat nasal congestion resulting from allergic and non-allergic rhinitis*
* SONU is an investigational device and has not been approved by the FDA for commercial use
OUR SCIENCE IS SOUND
Acoustic Resonance Therapy
SoundHealth is developing an AI enabled patented drug free medical device and platform that uses acoustic vibrational energy to provide personalized relief for nasal congestion. The SoundHealth product and platform is subject to on going clinical testing.
Acoustic vibration associated with humming has been shown to decrease symptoms of nasal congestion, possibly through modulation of autonomic inputs to the nasal mucosa or through nitric oxide activity, which may in turn exert a decongestant and anti-inflammatory effect on the nasal passages.(1–4)*
Yogic breathing exercises that incorporate humming have been practiced for centuries and have recently been demonstrated to reduce symptoms of chronic sinusitis including nasal congestion.(5)*
1. Khanwalkar, Ashoke & Johnson, Jacob & Zhu, Wendy & Johnson, Ezekiel & Lin, Bryant & Hwang, Peter. (2021). Resonant vibration of the sinonasal cavities for the treatment of nasal congestion. International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology. 12. 10.1002/alr.22877.
2. Katie M. Phillips, Pooya Roozdar, Peter H. Hwang. Applications of vibrational energy in the treatment of sinonasal disease: A scoping review International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology (IF5.426), Pub Date : 2022.
3. Weitzberg E, Lundberg JON. Humming greatly increases nasal nitric oxide. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;166(2):144–5.
4. Maniscalco M, Pelaia G, Sofia M. Exhaled nasal nitric oxide during humming: Potential clinical tool in sinonasal disease? Biomark Med. 2013;7(2):261–6.
5. Sarin S, Undem B, Sanico A, Togias A. The role of the nervous system in rhinitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2006;118(5):999–1014.
About us
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Dr. Paramesh Gopi is a seasoned serial entrepreneur and visionary business leader with extensive private and public company experience. He most recently spearheaded the turnaround of Applied MIcro (NASDAQ :AMCC) where he pioneered the development and deployment of ARM processors in Cloud Datacenters. Prior to APM, He started and grew Marvell’s consumer bu Read more
Bryant Lin, MD, MEng serves as Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford where he has been a researcher, educator, and clinician for 17 years. He is an active entrepreneur, advisor and inventor with eleven issued patents and many more pending. Dr. Lin was a co-founder of Arrinex, a leader in the treatment of rhinitis, which was acquired by Stryker Read more
Peter Hwang, MD is an internationally renowned rhinologist and sinus surgeon. He completed his undergraduate degree at Stanford University, and his MD and otolaryngology residency at the University of California, San Francisco. After completing a fellowship in rhinology at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Hwang served as Director of Rhinology at Read more