MEDPAGE Today reports on " How Patients Speak May Signal Cognitive Impairment" — Doctor-patient conversations hold clues to brain health.
Key Takeaways
- Doctor-patient conversations in primary care revealed vocal cues associated with cognitive impairment.
- A model trained on acoustic features of these conversations identified impairment in patients with moderate sensitivity and specificity.
- Measures of pitch, timing, and speech variability were key predictors of cognitive impairment.
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