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Alzheimer's disease (AD) stands as the predominant cause of dementia, characterized by a gradual decline in speech and language capabilities. Recent deep-learning advancements have facilitated automated AD detection through spontaneous…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Chin-Po Chen , Jeng-Lin Li

Alzheimer's disease (AD) progresses from asymptomatic changes to clinical symptoms, emphasizing the importance of early detection for proper treatment. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), particularly dynamic functional network…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-08-02 Yuxiang Wei , Anees Abrol , James Lah , Deqiang Qiu , Vince D. Calhoun

The early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) through non invasive methods remains a significant healthcare challenge. We present NeuroXVocal, a novel dual-component system that not only classifies but also explains potential AD cases…

Automatically detecting Alzheimer's Disease (AD) from spontaneous speech plays an important role in its early diagnosis. Recent approaches highly rely on the Transformer architectures due to its efficiency in modelling long-range context…

Sound · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Zhongren Dong , Zixing Zhang , Weixiang Xu , Jing Han , Jianjun Ou , Björn W. Schuller

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

This paper describes a multi-modal approach for the automatic detection of Alzheimer's disease proposed in the context of the INESC-ID Human Language Technology Laboratory participation in the ADReSS 2020 challenge. Our classification…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-01 Anna Pompili , Thomas Rolland , Alberto Abad

Multi-modal biological, imaging, and neuropsychological markers have demonstrated promising performance for distinguishing Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients from cognitively normal elders. However, it remains difficult to early predict when…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-01-08 Hongming Li , Yong Fan

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) detection employs machine learning classification models to distinguish between individuals with AD and those without. Different from conventional classification tasks, we identify within-class variation as a…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-29 Jiawen Kang , Dongrui Han , Lingwei Meng , Jingyan Zhou , Jinchao Li , Xixin Wu , Helen Meng

Alzheimer's Disease (AD) causes a continuous decline in memory, thinking, and judgment. Traditional diagnoses are usually based on clinical experience, which is limited by some realistic factors. In this paper, we focus on exploiting deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-14 Fangyu Zuo , Peiguang Jing , Jinglin Sun , Jizhong , Duan , Yong Ji , Yu Liu

Alzheimer s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cognitive decline, where early detection is essential for timely intervention and improved patient outcomes. Traditional diagnostic methods are…

A common neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's disease requires a precise diagnosis and efficient treatment, particularly in light of escalating healthcare expenses and the expanding use of artificial intelligence in medical diagnostics.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-21 Soyabul Islam Lincoln , Mirza Mohd Shahriar Maswood

The ADReSS Challenge at INTERSPEECH 2020 defines a shared task through which different approaches to the automated recognition of Alzheimer's dementia based on spontaneous speech can be compared. ADReSS provides researchers with a benchmark…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-07 Saturnino Luz , Fasih Haider , Sofia de la Fuente , Davida Fromm , Brian MacWhinney

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that progressively impairs memory, decision-making, and overall cognitive function. As AD is irreversible, early prediction is critical for timely intervention and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Mahdieh Behjat Khatooni , Mohsen Soryani

Accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is both challenging and time consuming. With a systematic approach for early detection and diagnosis of AD, steps can be taken towards the treatment and prevention of the disease. This study…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-12 Harshit Parmar , Eric Walden

Objective: this study has a twofold goal. First, it aims to improve the understanding of the impact of Dementia of type Alzheimer's Disease (AD) on different aspects of the lexicon. Second, it aims to demonstrate that such aspects of the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-07-18 M. Zakaria Kurdi

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

Collecting and accessing a large amount of medical data is very time-consuming and laborious, not only because it is difficult to find specific patients but also because it is required to resolve the confidentiality of a patient's medical…

Sound · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Junghyun Koo , Jie Hwan Lee , Jaewoo Pyo , Yujin Jo , Kyogu Lee

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

Introduction: Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia in which early diagnosis plays a major rule in the quality of treatment. Among new works in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, there are many of them analyzing the voice stream…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-02 S. Soroush Haj Zargarbashi , Bagher Babaali

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the main cause of dementia which is accompanied by loss of memory and may lead to severe consequences in peoples' everyday life if not diagnosed on time. Very few works have exploited transformer-based networks…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Loukas Ilias , Dimitris Askounis