{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The DOC Podcast","title":"A Drug-Free Approach to the Management of Nasal Congestion (w/Drs. Hwang, Gopi, & Lin) [Ep.153]","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":6528,"description":"Episode Summary\nIn this two-part episode, I sit down with the founders of Sound Health and the Sonu Band - one of the most innovative products in the airway and sleep health space. In Part 1, Dr. Paramesh Gopi shares his personal journey from tech entrepreneur to co-founder of Sound Health, driven by his own debilitating struggle with chronic sinusitis and allergies. He explains how a chance meeting with Stanford physicians, Drs. Peter Hwang and Bryant Lin led to the world's first FDA-approved AI wearable using acoustic resonance therapy to decrease nasal congestion.\nIn Part 2, Drs. Hwang and Lin dive deeper into the science. They discuss the neurogenic underpinning of nasal and sinus disease, how acoustic vibration at individualized resonant frequencies modulates the autonomic nervous system (specifically the sphenopalatine ganglion), and why neuromodulation, not just mechanical mucus clearance, may explain the device's broad effectiveness. \nTogether, all three guests explore the future of the Sonu Band, the potential to bridge the gap between ENTs, dentists, orthodontists, and primary care physicians, and the exciting platform that pairs face scanning and voice analytics to deliver personalized airway data at scale.\nTimestamps\n3:22 — **PART 1 begins: Interview with Dr. Paramesh Gopi**\n4:11 — **The personal health crisis that changed everything** — Multiple sinus infections, rounds of antibiotics, a lifetime of allergies, and why a life-threatening level of illness in 2019 forced a new path.\n11:25 — **5 years without antibiotics or sprays** — Dr. Gopi describes his transformation after becoming the first patient to try acoustic resonance therapy with Drs. Hwang and Lin.\n16:57 — **Shared stories: empathy in medicine** — Dr. Mike and Dr. Gopi connect over parallel personal experiences with chronic sinus disease and how those experiences drove each of them into broader airway-focused work.\n24:23 — **The Sound Health app & free nasal airway report** — Anyone can...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Wf6VIMhB_ulpfJzsJlix0BOF0i4W9yk8xxJ6-5X1Y6E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxOTI3LzE2OTg2/MzExNDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}