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Speaking to a robot could flag early warning signs of dementia – Brisbane Times
Queensland researchers have developed an AI which can detect early signs of dementia in speech, with hopes it can be used as an early warning tool for mental decline….
“Dementia severity is associated with a limited vocabulary and increased word repetitions giving patterns we can pick up as linguistic biomarkers as dementia progresses,” Mr Alkenani said.
“Our study analysed language samples from DementiaBank, a large open-source database of language samples from people with various stages of cognitive impairment and dementia.”
Advanced dementia is often associated with limited vocabulary and repeated words, and as dementia advances a persons language comprehension…
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