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 …

Spoken language derived measures for detecting mild cognitive impairment

B Roark, M Mitchell, JP Hosom… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spoken responses produced by subjects during neuropsychological exams can provide
diagnostic markers beyond exam performance. In particular, characteristics of the spoken …

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 …

Speech as a biomarker: opportunities, interpretability, and challenges

V Ramanarayanan, AC Lammert, HP Rowe… - Perspectives of the ASHA …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: Over the past decade, the signal processing and machine learning literature has
demonstrated notable advancements in automated speech processing with the use of …

Automated assessment of psychiatric disorders using speech: A systematic review

DM Low, KH Bentley, SS Ghosh - Laryngoscope investigative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There are many barriers to accessing mental health assessments including cost
and stigma. Even when individuals receive professional care, assessments are intermittent …

[PDF][PDF] Detecting mild cognitive impairment by exploiting linguistic information from transcripts

V Vincze, G Gosztolya, L Tóth, I Hoffmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - aclanthology.org
Here we seek to automatically identify Hungarian patients suffering from mild cognitive
impairment (MCI) based on linguistic features collected from their speech transcripts. Our …

Automated detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia from voice recordings: a natural language processing approach

S Amini, B Hao, L Zhang, M Song, A Gupta… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Automated computational assessment of neuropsychological tests would
enable widespread, cost‐effective screening for dementia. Methods A novel natural …

Automated computerized analysis of speech in psychiatric disorders

AS Cohen, B Elvevåg - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Computer-based assessments of natural language afford a framework with which to
measure communication disturbances in adults with severe mental illnesses. Emerging …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Aided diagnosis of dementia type through computer-based analysis of spontaneous speech

W Jarrold, B Peintner, D Wilkins, D Vergryi… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - aclanthology.org
This pilot study evaluates the ability of machined learned algorithms to assist with the
differential diagnosis of dementia subtypes based on brief (< 10 min) spontaneous speech …