Detection of dementia on voice recordings using deep learning: a Framingham Heart Study.

Journal: Alzheimer's research & therapy
Published Date: Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Identification of reliable, affordable, and easy-to-use strategies for detection of dementia is sorely needed. Digital technologies, such as individual voice recordings, offer an attractive modality to assess cognition but methods that could automatically analyze such data are not readily available.

Authors

  • Chonghua Xue
    Section of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E. Concord Street, Evans 636, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
  • Cody Karjadi
    Framingham Heart Study, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Ioannis Ch Paschalidis
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Division of Systems Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA.
  • Rhoda Au
    Boston University School of Medicine, rhodaau@bu.edu.
  • Vijaya B Kolachalama
    1Section of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118 USA.

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