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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

Pathological speech analysis has been of interest in the detection of certain diseases like depression and Alzheimer's disease and attracts much interest from researchers. However, previous pathological speech analysis models are commonly…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-08 Fei Yang , Xuenan Xu , Mengyue Wu , Kai Yu

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive decline and memory loss. Early detection of AD is crucial for effective intervention and treatment. In this paper, we propose a novel approach…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Yu Pu , Wei-Qiang Zhang

Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become a prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide. Traditional diagnosis still relies heavily on medical imaging and clinical assessment by physicians, which is often time-consuming and resource-intensive…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Tongze Zhang , Jun-En Ding , Melik Ozolcer , Fang-Ming Hung , Albert Chih-Chieh Yang , Feng Liu , Yi-Rou Ji , Sang Won Bae

The rapid global aging trend has led to an increase in dementia cases, including Alzheimer's disease, underscoring the urgent need for early and accurate diagnostic methods. Traditional diagnostic techniques, such as cognitive tests,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Juan A. Berrios Moya

Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become one of the most significant health challenges in an aging society. The use of spoken language-based AD detection methods has gained prevalence due to their scalability due to their scalability. Based on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Junan Li , Yunxiang Li , Yuren Wang , Xixin Wu , Helen Meng

Alzheimer's Disease is a devastating neurological disorder that is increasingly affecting the elderly population. Early and accurate detection of Alzheimer's is crucial for providing effective treatment and support for patients and their…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-27 Krishna Mahapatra , Selvakumar R

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is nowadays the most common form of dementia, and its automatic detection can help to identify symptoms at early stages, so that preventive actions can be carried out. Moreover, non-intrusive techniques based on…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-11-21 Mireia Farrús , Joan Codina-Filbà

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a significant and growing public health concern. Investigating alterations in speech and language patterns offers a promising path towards cost-effective and non-invasive early detection of AD on a large scale.…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-23 Jonathan Heitz , Gerold Schneider , Nicolas Langer

Alzheimer's patients gradually lose their ability to think, behave, and interact with others. Medical history, laboratory tests, daily activities, and personality changes can all be used to diagnose the disorder. A series of time-consuming…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Md. Sharifur Rahman , Professor Girijesh Prasad

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the fifth-leading cause of death among Americans aged 65 and older. Screening and early detection of AD and related dementias (ADRD) are critical for timely intervention and for identifying clinical trial…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-05-29 Jiankun Wang , Sumyeong Ahn , Taykhoom Dalal , Xiaodan Zhang , Weishen Pan , Qiannan Zhang , Bin Chen , Hiroko H. Dodge , Fei Wang , Jiayu Zhou

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

Background: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are progressive neurodegenerative conditions where early detection is vital for timely intervention and care. Spontaneous speech contains rich acoustic and linguistic markers that…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-16 Jingyu Li , Lingchao Mao , Hairong Wang , Zhendong Wang , Xi Mao , Xuelei Sherry Ni

This Signal Processing Grand Challenge (SPGC) targets a difficult automatic prediction problem of societal and medical relevance, namely, the detection of Alzheimer's Dementia (AD). Participants were invited to employ signal processing and…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-16 Saturnino Luz , Fasih Haider , Davida Fromm , Ioulietta Lazarou , Ioannis Kompatsiaris , Brian MacWhinney

Early detection of Alzheimer disease is crucial for deploying interventions and slowing the disease progression. A lot of machine learning and deep learning algorithms have been explored in the past decade with the aim of building an…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-26 Narotam Singh , Patteshwari. D , Neha Soni , Amita Kapoor

Alzheimers disease is a deadly neurological condition, impairing important memory and brain functions. Alzheimers disease promotes brain shrinkage, ultimately leading to dementia. Dementia diagnosis typically takes 2.8 to 4.4 years after…

In this paper, we propose a natural language processing architecture that can handle tasks that previously required two models as one model. With a single model, we analyze the language patterns and conversational context of Alzheimer's…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Park Jun Yeong , Shin Su Jong , Choi Chang Hwan , Lee Jung Jae , Choi Sang-il

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

Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is crucial in facilitating preventive care to delay further progression. This paper presents the development of a state-of-the-art Conformer based speech recognition system built on the…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Tianzi Wang , Jiajun Deng , Mengzhe Geng , Zi Ye , Shoukang Hu , Yi Wang , Mingyu Cui , Zengrui Jin , Xunying Liu , Helen Meng

In diagnosing challenging conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), imaging is an important reference. Non-imaging patient data such as patient information, genetic data, medication information, cognitive and memory tests also play a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Yingjie Feng , Jun Wang , Xianfeng Gu , Xiaoyin Xu , Min Zhang