Positive symptoms correlated with more negative sentiment and longer utterances, whereas negative symptoms aligned with ...

There is growing evidence that dog-directed and infant-directed speech have similar acoustic characteristics, like high overall pitch, wide pitch range, and attention-getting devices. However, it is ...

The sound of a person’s voice is commonly used to identify the speaker. The sound of speech is also starting to be used to detect medical conditions, such as depression. It is not known whether the ...

Speech rate and word-finding difficulties, including pausing and use of fillers such as “um” and “uh,” were associated with changes in executive function across the adult lifespan in a new study. Jed ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists are trying to develop an app that could detect speech changes in people with Parkinson’s disease. Willowpix/Getty Images Researchers built an algorithm to predict ...

On the basis of utterances alone, can you predict which of the following four people are most likely to develop a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia, within the next 6 months? A: I mean it ...

Clinicians have long relied on memory loss as a leading indicator of cognitive deterioration. But recent research suggests that subtle changes in speech tempo may offer an earlier, more reliable ...

For Deaf and Hoh students with language goals, collecting language samples gleans insight on errors in language use (grammar, syntax, semantics, morphology, nonliteral language, etc) that may apply to ...

Canary Speech, maker of speech analysis software, is partnering with Microsoft to apply the tech giant's AI technology to expand its machine learning speech models for healthcare. Canary offers vocal ...