Spoken language biomarkers for detecting cognitive impairment

T Alhanai, R Au, J Glass - 2017 IEEE Automatic Speech …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study we developed an automated system that evaluates speech and language
features from audio recordings of neuropsychological examinations of 92 subjects in the …

A multi-modal array of interpretable features to evaluate language and speech patterns in different neurological disorders

A Favaro, C Motley, T Cao, M Iglesias… - 2022 IEEE Spoken …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Speech-based automatic approaches for evaluating neurological disorders (NDs) depend
on feature extraction before the classification pipeline. It is preferable for these features to be …

A comparison of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics in spoken language among residents with Alzheimer's disease in managed-care facilities

C Guinn, B Singer, A Habash - 2014 IEEE Symposium on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This research is a discriminative analysis of conversational dialogues involving individuals
suffering from dementia of Alzheimer's type. Several metric analyses are applied to the …

A review of automated speech and language features for assessment of cognitive and thought disorders

R Voleti, JM Liss, V Berisha - IEEE journal of selected topics in …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is widely accepted that information derived from analyzing speech (the acoustic signal)
and language production (words and sentences) serves as a useful window into the health …

Exploring language-agnostic speech representations using domain knowledge for detecting alzheimer's dementia

Z Shah, SA Qi, F Wang, M Farrokh… - ICASSP 2023-2023 …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We explore ways to use speech data to screen for indications of Alzheimer's dementia (AD).
In particular, we describe our approach to the ICASSP 2023 Signal Processing Grand …

Computerized neuropsychological assessment in mild cognitive impairment based on natural language processing-oriented feature extraction

C Fang, P Janwattanapong, H Martin… - 2017 IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Typically, neuropsychological testing helps medical experts situate a given patient in
continuum of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) spectrum, especially in the continuum between …

Vocal markers of motor, cognitive, and depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease

KM Smith, JR Williamson… - … Conference on Affective …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) often suffer from cognitive impairment and
depression in addition to motor dysfunction. These non-motor symptoms may be challenging …

[HTML][HTML] Association between acoustic features and neuropsychological test performance in the Framingham heart study: Observational study

H Ding, A Mandapati, C Karjadi, TFA Ang, S Lu… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Human voice has increasingly been recognized as an effective indicator for the
detection of cognitive disorders. However, the association of acoustic features with specific …

Cognitive digital biomarkers from automated transcription of spoken language

N Tavabi, D Stück, A Signorini, C Karjadi… - The journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Although patients with Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive-related
neurodegenerative disorders may benefit from early detection, development of a reliable …

Multilingual alzheimer's dementia recognition through spontaneous speech: a signal processing grand challenge

S Luz, F Haider, D Fromm, I Lazarou… - ICASSP 2023-2023 …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This Signal Processing Grand Challenge (SPGC) targets a difficult automatic prediction
problem of societal and medical relevance, namely, the detection of Alzheimer's Dementia …