IBM Eyes Speech to Spot Mental Maladies
From: Speech Tecnology Magazine - 02/17/2017

IBM Research predicts that in five years, patterns in speech and writing
analyzed by cognitive systems will provide clinicians tell-tale signs of
early-stage mental and neurological conditions.

At IBM, scientists are using transcripts and audio inputs from psychiatric
interviews, coupled with machine learning techniques, to find patterns in
speech to help clinicians accurately predict and monitor psychosis,
schizophrenia, mania, and depression. It takes only about 300 words to help
clinicians predict the probability of psychosis in a patient.

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http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/Editorial/FYI/IBM-Eyes-Speech-to-Spot-Mental-Maladies-116179.aspx

Links:
IBM Research
http://research.ibm.com

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