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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of dementia, affecting memory, reasoning, communication, and daily functioning. Early diagnosis is particularly important, as timely intervention may…

Sound · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Loukas Ilias , Dimitris Askounis

Recent progress has been made in detecting early stage dementia entirely through recordings of patient speech. Multimodal speech analysis methods were applied to the PROCESS challenge, which requires participants to use audio recordings of…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-14 Lei Chi , Arav Sharma , Ari Gebhardt , Joseph T. Colonel

Dementia is a syndrome, generally of a chronic nature characterized by a deterioration in cognitive function, especially in the geriatric population and is severe enough to impact their daily activities. Early diagnosis of dementia is…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Rupayan Chakraborty , Meghna Pandharipande , Chitralekha Bhat , Sunil Kumar Kopparapu

Alzheimer's Dementia (AD) is an incurable, debilitating, and progressive neurodegenerative condition that affects cognitive function. Early diagnosis is important as therapeutics can delay progression and give those diagnosed vital time.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Thomas Searle , Zina Ibrahim , Richard Dobson

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder, meaning that the symptoms develop gradually throughout the years. It is also the main cause of dementia, which affects memory, thinking skills, and mental abilities. Nowadays,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-11-09 Loukas Ilias , Dimitris Askounis , John Psarras

Over half of US adults with Alzheimer disease and related dementias remain undiagnosed, and speech-based screening offers a scalable detection approach. We compared large language model adaptation strategies for dementia detection using the…

This paper presents our submission to the PROCESS Challenge 2025, focusing on spontaneous speech analysis for early dementia detection. For the three-class classification task (Healthy Control, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia), we…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-28 Yin-Long Liu , Yuanchao Li , Rui Feng , Liu He , Jia-Xin Chen , Yi-Ming Wang , Yu-Ang Chen , Yan-Han Peng , Jia-Hong Yuan , Zhen-Hua Ling

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

Cognitive impairment detection through spontaneous speech is a promising avenue for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), where timely intervention can significantly improve patient outcomes. The…

Sound · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Yifan Gao , Long Guo , Hong Liu

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

Dementia is a group of irreversible, chronic, and progressive neurodegenerative disorders resulting in impaired memory, communication, and thought processes. In recent years, clinical research advances in brain aging have focused on the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Swati Padhee , Anurag Illendula , Megan Sadler , Valerie L. Shalin , Tanvi Banerjee , Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan , William L. Romine

We target passive dementia screening from short camera-facing talking head video, developing a facial temporal micro dynamics analysis for language free detection of early neuro cognitive change. This enables unscripted, in the wild video…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Filippo Cenacchi , Longbing Cao , Mitchell McEwan , Deborah Richards

Reliable detection of the prodromal stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains difficult even today because, unlike other neurocognitive impairments, there is no definitive diagnosis of AD in vivo. In this context, existing research has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-03 Amish Mittal , Sourav Sahoo , Arnhav Datar , Juned Kadiwala , Hrithwik Shalu , Jimson Mathew

We present an approach to automatic detection of Alzheimer's type dementia based on characteristics of spontaneous spoken language dialogue consisting of interviews recorded in natural settings. The proposed method employs additive logistic…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-27 Saturnino Luz , Sofia de la Fuente , Pierre Albert

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 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

Dementia is a growing problem as our society ages, and detection methods are often invasive and expensive. Recent deep-learning techniques can offer a faster diagnosis and have shown promising results. However, they require large amounts of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Anna Hlédiková , Dominika Woszczyk , Alican Akman , Soteris Demetriou , Björn Schuller

This review paper explores recent advances in deep learning approaches for non-invasive cognitive impairment detection. We examine various non-invasive indicators of cognitive decline, including speech and language, facial, and motoric…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Muath Alsuhaibani , Ali Pourramezan Fard , Jian Sun , Farida Far Poor , Peter S. Pressman , Mohammad H. Mahoor

Dementia is a neurological syndrome marked by cognitive decline. Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are the common forms of dementia, each with distinct progression patterns. EEG, a non-invasive tool for recording…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-21 Shivani Ranjan , Ayush Tripathi , Harshal Shende , Robin Badal , Amit Kumar , Pramod Yadav , Deepak Joshi , Lalan Kumar

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
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