AI in Healthcare February 3, 2020
Voice assistant systems such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home may soon be able to identify signs of cognitive impairment.
Researchers from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and the University of Massachusetts Boston were awarded a four-year grant worth nearly $1.2 million to develop a system for detecting signs of cognitive decline using voice assistant technology. The grant came from the National Institute of Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, and covers an 18-month laboratory evaluation followed by a 28-month home evaluation.
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