CognoSpeak: An automated cognitive assessment tool based on language (utilising automated speech recognition and Machine Learning)
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Overview
This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing. This study is developing a new computer program to help improve the quality of care for people who may be experiencing changes to their thinking and memory
Summary
What is the study about?
This study looks at how people with cognitive or memory problems describe their difficulties in daily life. We are also interested to see how your speech pattern may change over time.
At present it often takes a long time before memory problems are diagnosed accurately. We hope that in the future we can use CognoSpeak, so no-one misses out on an early assessment and has access to support or treatment.
What are you trying to find out?
The aim of this study is to understand whether patients with either memory complaints or suspected movement disorders (such as Parkinson’s disease), those who have suffered a Stroke and healthy volunteers can talk to a computerised doctor (CognoSpeak) regarding their neurological health.
We want to find out if we can measure memory, mood and thinking ability using a computerised doctor called “CognoSpeak”. CognoSpeak is a human looking image on a computer screen that will ask you questions regarding your health. The answers will be analysed by a computer program to look for changes in speech due to memory problems and/or mood.
If CognoSpeak proves to be a good tool for measuring this, we will hopefully use it in the future use it to help assess people referred to prioritise memory clinic referrals and make the service more efficient.
Why is it important?
We do not anticipate any immediate benefits to you for taking part in this study; however, the information from this research will be used to help improve future health services by understanding the ways in which people with memory or other cognitive problems talk about their problems. If people are able to talk to a computerised person, this may be used in primary care or even at a person’s home to screen for dementia.
How can I find out more?
This study is no longer looking for new participants but is still ongoing.
You can visit the CognoSpeak project website here.
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Meet the researcher
Ross DunneLater Life Psychiatrist and Dementia Specialist
I'm Ross Dunne, a later life psychiatrist and dementia specialist working in GMMH. I am also the clinical director of the Greater Manchester Dementia Research Centre, the region's leading clinical trial unit for the diseases causing dementia. My research focusses on simpler ways to diagnose the underlying causes of dementia, and assessing treatments to help slow dementia or improve symptoms.
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