Clinical Trials

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteers without documented pulmonary diseases.
• At least 18 years old.
• Must have the capacity to consent to respiratory sound recording.
• Healthy status will be confirmed by self-reporting without previous pulmonary disease and confirmed with auscultation by pulmonologists in our team at the time of recording.

Exclusion Critetia:

• Individuals less than 18 years old.

Waiver of Informed Consent: 

The consent process must include a description of the following:

• The informed consent will be obtained in the research offices at Mayo Clinic St Marys campus in simple english or the language the the participant understands while maintaining the privacy. Enough time will be provided to ask questions if there are any (in person). 
• The amount of time planned for the consent process would be 15-20 minutes.
• Since the participation will be voluntary, the capacity of the decision making will be judged based on the unstanding of the task and process of participation in the study. 
• We will not be offering any benefits (monetary or academic) to avoid any undue coersion. 
• No Additional safeguards will be required for the specific population, e.g. persons with diminished capacity, language differences, inability to read, limited vision and/or hearing, or other physical considerations since these patients will be excluded from the study ( requiring only healthy participants)
• There will be a reasonable waiting period between discussion about the study, consent process, decision to participate, and enrollment in the study.
• Trained study team members will meet with the prospective subject and obtain informed consent. The PI will ensure that these persons are sufficiently trained, knowledgeable about the research project in order to answer questions posed by the subject, and must have IRB approval to obtain consent.