Medical Xpress November 5, 2024
Researchers in South Korea have developed an AI-based technology that can analyze the voice/speech of the elderly to screen and detect those who are at high risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) is conducting research on the development of an AI technology that can evaluate and predict brain function degeneration and brain-related diseases such as mild cognitive impairment, dementia, etc., by analyzing the speech utterances of the elderly that can be obtained through their daily conversations.
Speech utterance is a complex process through which cognitive functions (i.e., memory, intention, attention, etc.), language generation functions (i.e., phonology, syntax, meaning, etc.), and colloquial functions (i.e., breathing, articulation, vocalization, etc.) work sequentially.
Therefore, through such...
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