Automatically Calculated Context-Sensitive Features of Connected Speech Improve Prediction of Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease.

J Speech Lang Hear Res · 2025 · PMC12614918 · PMID 41086371

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One word-level feature implicated in past studies of speech in dementia was significant at a threshold of p < .05 after correction: The usage of nouns ( r = .24, p = .020) and the usage of empty words were marginally significant ( r = −.21, p = .053).

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