A Comparison of Speech Features between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Aging Groups.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Language dysfunction is a symptom common to patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). Speech feature analysis may be a patient-friendly screening test for early-stage AD. We aimed to investigate the speech features of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) compared to normal controls (NCs).

Methods

Spoken responses to test questions were recorded with a microphone placed 15 cm in front of each participant. Speech samples delivered in response to four spoken test prompts (free speech test, Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE], picture description test, and sentence repetition test) were obtained from 98 patients with aMCI and 139 NCs. Each recording was transcribed, with speech features noted. The frequency of the ten speech features assessed was evalu

SUBMITTER: Kim KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8585532 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature