I would point out that the primary focus of the cough analysis seems to be to discriminate "wet" or "moist" coughs from "dry" coughs because "moist coughs are more likely to be associated with bacterial infections". Clinically, this isn't difficult. They also point out that diagnosis is improved by correlation with "fever" monitoring...
To me, this isn't anything special that a physician (or even an experienced paediatric nurse) couldn't manage without. Understand that this doesn't localise the disease to an area of lung, or provide information on how ill the patient is, or even whether the problem is related to a heart condition rather than a respiratory problem. It can't identify a peanut or button cell stuck in a child's airway. To suggest that this can do substitute for normal medical assessment and care in all but the most trivial of circumstances is overstating its importance.
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