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Alzheimer’s disease related Dementia (ADRD) compromises the memory, thinking and speech. This neurodegenerative disease severely impacts the cognitive capability and motor skills of affected individuals. ADRD is accompanied by progressive degeneration of the brain tissue, which leads to impairments in the memory formation, and loss of verbal fluency among other adverse physiological manifestations. Cognitive impairment becomes particular evident over time since it overtly alters the communication with repetitive utterances, confusion, filler words, and inability to speak at a normal pace. Most prevailing methodologies for ADRD recognition focus on mental health scores given by clinicians through in-person interviews, which can potentially be influenced by subjective bias of the evaluation. Accordingly, use of alterations in speech as a robust, quantitative indicator of Alzheimer’s progression presents an …