Voice analysis for neurological disorder recognition–a systematic review and perspective on emerging trends

P Hecker, N Steckhan, F Eyben, BW Schuller… - Frontiers in Digital …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Quantifying neurological disorders from voice is a rapidly growing field of research and
holds promise for unobtrusive and large-scale disorder monitoring. The data recording setup …

A systematic review and narrative analysis of digital speech biomarkers in Motor Neuron Disease

M Bowden, E Beswick, J Tam, D Perry, A Smith… - NPJ digital …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a progressive and largely fatal neurodegeneritve
disorder with a lifetime risk of approximately 1 in 300. At diagnosis, up to 25% of people with …

[HTML][HTML] A road map for remote digital health technology for motor neuron disease

RPA van Eijk, A Beelen, ET Kruitwagen… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Despite recent and potent technological advances, the real-world implementation of remote
digital health technology in the care and monitoring of patients with motor neuron disease …

Repeatability of commonly used speech and language features for clinical applications

GM Stegmann, S Hahn, J Liss, J Shefner… - Digital …, 2020 - karger.com
Introduction: Changes in speech have the potential to provide important information on the
diagnosis and progression of various neurological diseases. Many researchers have relied …

[HTML][HTML] The role of clinical assessment in the era of biomarkers

AF Carlos, KA Josephs - Neurotherapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Hippocratic Medicine revolved around the three main principles of patient, disease, and
physician and promoted the systematic observation of patients, rational reasoning, and …

Early detection and tracking of bulbar changes in ALS via frequent and remote speech analysis

GM Stegmann, S Hahn, J Liss, J Shefner… - NPJ digital …, 2020 - nature.com
Bulbar deterioration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating characteristic that
impairs patients' ability to communicate, and is linked to shorter survival. The existing clinical …

Acoustic measures of dysphonia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MF Maffei, JR Green, O Murton, Y Yunusova… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Identifying efficacious measures to characterize dysphonia in complex
neurodegenerative diseases is key to optimal assessment and intervention. This study …

Current practices in voice data collection and limitations to voice AI research: a national survey

E Evangelista, R Kale, D McCutcheon… - The …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Accuracy and validity of voice AI algorithms rely on substantial quality voice
data. Although commensurable amounts of voice data are captured daily in voice centers …

Automated speech analytics in ALS: higher sensitivity of digital articulatory precision over the ALSFRS-R

G Stegmann, C Krantsevich, J Liss… - … Lateral Sclerosis and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Although studies have shown that digital measures of speech detected ALS
speech impairment and correlated with the ALSFRS-R speech item, no study has yet …

Acoustic voice analysis as a useful tool to discriminate different ALS phenotypes

G Milella, D Sciancalepore, G Cavallaro, G Piccirilli… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Approximately 80–96% of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) become unable to
speak during the disease progression. Assessing upper and lower motor neuron impairment …