History

In 1982, Associate Professor and Senior Physician Sören Nielzén, now Board Member and Medical Director of SensoDetect, initiated Psychoacoustics as a field of research at Lund University. The following year, close collaboration was initiated with Olle Olsson. This was the seed of SensoDetect. Since then, two dissertations and a considerable amount of literature have been presented in SensoDetect's field of interest. In 2003, brainstem audiometric testing was carried out in cooperation with Auditory Health Care in Lund, using specifically designed auditory stimuli. This pilot study showed that all patients diagnosed with schizophrenia could be identified. This remarkable result was an incentive for producing a commercial instrument. A patent application was submitted in 2004 and the company was formed the following year. This year, SensoDetect won the Venture Cup and in 2006, the Öhrling Innovation Prize.

SensoDetect received in 2006 2 MSEK (~200 KEUR) in government support from Vinnova. SensoDetect® BERA measurements for detection of schizophrenia went commercial in the beginning of 2007. During the first quarter of 2008, the company changed its former name SchizoDetect AB to SensoDetect AB, in order to reflect a broader area of application. During the second quarter of 2008, commercial SensoDetect® BERA measurements for detection of ADHD were initiated. In May 2008, the company received CE certification according to ISO 13485 and ISO 9001.

A cost reduction program was implemented at the end of 2008 to strengthen the company financially. A clear result was shown in 2009. In April 2009 the magazines Ny Teknik and Affärsvärlden ranked SensoDetect as one of the 33 most exciting technology companies in Sweden.