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Alzheimer's disease (AD) constitutes a complex neurocognitive disease and is the main cause of dementia. Although many studies have been proposed targeting at diagnosing dementia through spontaneous speech, there are still limitations.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Loukas Ilias , Dimitris Askounis

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease affecting 50 million people worldwide. Low-cost, accurate identification of key markers of AD is crucial for timely diagnosis and intervention. Language impairment is one…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Tingyu Mo , Jacqueline C. K. Lam , Victor O. K. Li , Lawrence Y. L. Cheung

Compared to other clinical screening techniques, speech-and-language-based automated Alzheimer's disease (AD) detection methods are characterized by their non-invasiveness, cost-effectiveness, and convenience. Previous studies have…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-10 Yin-Long Liu , Rui Feng , Jia-Hong Yuan , Zhen-Hua Ling

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that leads to irreversible cognitive decline in memory and communication. Early detection of AD through speech analysis is crucial for delaying disease progression.…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Yifan Gao , Long Guo , Hong Liu

Speech-based automatic detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and depression has attracted increased attention. Confidence estimation is crucial for a trust-worthy automatic diagnostic system which informs the clinician about the confidence…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Wen Wu , Chao Zhang , Philip C. Woodland

Speech datasets for identifying Alzheimer's disease (AD) are generally restricted to participants performing a single task, e.g. describing an image shown to them. As a result, models trained on linguistic features derived from such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-30 Aparna Balagopalan , Jekaterina Novikova , Frank Rudzicz , Marzyeh Ghassemi

In this work, we present a novel perspective on cognitive impairment classification from speech by integrating speech foundation models that explicitly recognize speech dialects. Our motivation is based on the observation that individuals…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Tiantian Feng , Anfeng Xu , Jinkook Lee , Shrikanth Narayanan

Timely and accurate assessment of cognitive impairment remains a major unmet need. Speech biomarkers offer a scalable, non-invasive, cost-effective solution for automated screening. However, the clinical utility of machine learning (ML)…

As the aging of society continues to accelerate, Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has received more and more attention from not only medical but also other fields, such as computer science, over the past decade. Since speech is considered one of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-17 Yuanchao Li , Catherine Lai , Divesh Lala , Koji Inoue , Tatsuya Kawahara

This paper is a submission to the Alzheimer's Dementia Recognition through Spontaneous Speech (ADReSS) challenge, which aims to develop methods that can assist in the automated prediction of severity of Alzheimer's Disease from speech data.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Morteza Rohanian , Julian Hough , Matthew Purver

Research related to automatically detecting Alzheimer's disease (AD) is important, given the high prevalence of AD and the high cost of traditional methods. Since AD significantly affects the content and acoustics of spontaneous speech,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-08-05 Aparna Balagopalan , Benjamin Eyre , Frank Rudzicz , Jekaterina Novikova

Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with cognitive decline that commonly impacts language ability. This work extends the paired perplexity approach to detecting AD by using a recent large language model (LLM), the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Yao Xiao , Heidi Christensen , Stefan Goetze

Early and accessible detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a major challenge, as current diagnostic methods often rely on costly and invasive biomarkers. Speech and language analysis has emerged as a promising non-invasive and…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-06 Franziska Braun , Christopher Witzl , Florian Hönig , Elmar Nöth , Tobias Bocklet , Korbinian Riedhammer

Early detection of Alzheimer's disease from spontaneous speech has emerged as a promising non-invasive screening approach. However, the influence of automatic speech recognition (ASR) quality on downstream clinical language modeling remains…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-05-01 Himadri S Samanta

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) affect one in five adults over 60, yet more than half of individuals with cognitive decline remain undiagnosed. Speech-based assessments show promise for early detection, as phonetic motor…

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible brain disease that can dramatically reduce quality of life, most commonly manifesting in older adults and eventually leading to the need for full-time care. Early detection is fundamental to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-06-14 Flavio Di Palo , Natalie Parde

Dementia encompasses a group of syndromes that impair cognitive functions such as memory, reasoning, and the ability to perform daily activities. As populations globally age, over 10 million new dementia diagnoses are reported annually.…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-24 Marko Niemelä , Mikaela von Bonsdorff , Sami Äyrämö , Tommi Kärkkäinen

This paper explores deterioration in Alzheimers Disease using Machine Learning. Subjects were split into two datasets based on baseline diagnosis (Cognitively Normal, Mild Cognitive Impairment), with outcome of deterioration at final visit…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Henry Musto , Daniel Stamate , Ida Pu , Daniel Stahl

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and recently attracts extensive attention worldwide. Speech technology is considered a promising solution for the early diagnosis of AD and has been enthusiastically…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-05 Ying Qin , Wei Liu , Zhiyuan Peng , Si-Ioi Ng , Jingyu Li , Haibo Hu , Tan Lee

Dementia is a syndrome characterised by the decline of different cognitive abilities. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the most common dementia affecting cognitive domains such as memory and learning, perceptual-motion or executive function.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Juan Manuel Fernández Montenegro