EARS Mobile Sensing

The Effortless Assessment Research System (EARS) is a behavioral research tool developed by Ksana Health. EARS is intended to be used by individuals who have consented to participate in one of EARS' ongoing research studies.

Mobile devices have 
a lot to say about behavioral health. Giving behavioral health researchers access to your digital information helps them study patterns in behavior. Information gathered can be used to better support mental and behavioral health and can help solve mental health challenges.

Ksana Health builds digital research tools with a focus to improve mental health, especially amongst underserved group and young people.

Ksana keeps your digital data safe and does not sell it to anyone or use it to target you with advertising.

Our Ethics Committee ensures that:
- You agree with how your data is used
- Ksana keeps your data safe
- Benefits of the research outweigh any risk
- Easily opt out at any time.

Research data collected with EARS:
- Accelerometer
- GPS, for general mobility, habits, and patterns
- Keyboard usage for sentiment.
- Music and media listening, including musical and affective qualities of songs
- Battery state and charging time
- Call Status
- Screen Time Device Usage
- Sleep data through HealthKit

EARS was selected as part of The Opportunity Project, an initiative focused on using open data to improve the lives of American citizens.