Scicake s.r.o.

Scicake offers research and development of systems utilizing AI and develops the Fonafix system for modern diagnosis and therapy of dysarthria.

Scicake is a startup of the Brno University of Technology, founded by members of the Brain Diseases Analysis Laboratory (BDALab) from the Department of Telecommunications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication. It focuses on research and development of products and services utilizing creative and responsible use of AI to support sustainable society and healthy environment. Since its founding, it has received numerous contracts from clients in the Czech Republic and abroad.

The company is also developing a product in the field of digital medicine, based on long-term research by BDALab in digital speech biomarkers for the diagnosis and monitoring of dysarthria, a speech disorder that affects, for example, patients with Parkinson's disease or after a stroke.

In 2024, it started developing Fonafix, a system for diagnosis and therapy of dysarthria utilising AI. The system consists of two parts. The first is a web application for speech language pathologists, enabling digitized and efficient assessments with a recommendation system to assist therapists in evaluating the degree of dysarthria. Based on the diagnosis, the system uses AI to propose an individualized therapeutic plan.

The second part is a mobile application that allows patients to undergo home-based therapy. It extracts biomarkers from speech and video that objectively quantify the disorder in areas of phonetics, phonorespiration, and faciokinesis. This enables speech language pathologists to adjust therapy remotely and as needed.

Fonafix provides speech language pathologists with a modern tool for digitized dysarthria diagnosis and therapy, leading to cost savings associated with dysarthria, reducing healthcare system burden, and, most importantly, improving patients' quality of life.

Keywords
dysarthria, biomarkers, artificial intelligence, diagnosis, therapy

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