Natural language processing techniques for studying language in pathological ageing: A scoping review.

Journal: International journal of language & communication disorders
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the past few years there has been a growing interest in the employment of verbal productions as digital biomarkers, namely objective, quantifiable behavioural data that can be collected and measured by means of digital devices, allowing for a low-cost pathology detection, classification and monitoring. Numerous research papers have been published on the automatic detection of subtle verbal alteration, starting from written texts, raw speech recordings and transcripts, and such linguistic analysis has been singled out as a cost-effective method for diagnosing dementia and other medical conditions common among elderly patients (e.g., cognitive dysfunctions associated with metabolic disorders, dysarthria).

Authors

  • Gloria Gagliardi
    Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.