Slovak database of speech affected by neurodegenerative diseases

Abstract A new Slovak speech database EWA-DB was created for research purposes aimed at early detection of neurodegenerative diseases from speech. It contains 1649 speakers performing various speech and language tasks, such as sustained vowel phonation, diadochokinesis, naming and picture descriptio...

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Main Authors: Milan Rusko, Róbert Sabo, Marián Trnka, Alfréd Zimmermann, Richard Malaschitz, Eugen Ružický, Petra Brandoburová, Viktória Kevická, Matej Škorvánek
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04171-6
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description Abstract A new Slovak speech database EWA-DB was created for research purposes aimed at early detection of neurodegenerative diseases from speech. It contains 1649 speakers performing various speech and language tasks, such as sustained vowel phonation, diadochokinesis, naming and picture description. The sample of speakers consists of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s disease, and healthy controls. In this article we describe the EWA-DB development process, the language and speech task selection, patient and healthy control recruitment, as well as the testing and recording protocol. The structure and content of the database and file formats are described in detail. We assume that the presented database could be suitable for the development of automatic systems predicting the diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and Parkinson’s disease from language and speech features.
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spelling doaj-art-1d42e6b1ea7f4bf59070fc11580f3e4a2025-08-20T02:31:17ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632024-12-0111111610.1038/s41597-024-04171-6Slovak database of speech affected by neurodegenerative diseasesMilan Rusko0Róbert Sabo1Marián Trnka2Alfréd Zimmermann3Richard Malaschitz4Eugen Ružický5Petra Brandoburová6Viktória Kevická7Matej Škorvánek8Institute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesInstitute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesInstitute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesAXON PROAXON PROFaculty of Informatics, Pan European UniversityDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius UniversityInstitute of Informatics of the Slovak Academy of SciencesDepartment of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, P.J. Safarik UniversityAbstract A new Slovak speech database EWA-DB was created for research purposes aimed at early detection of neurodegenerative diseases from speech. It contains 1649 speakers performing various speech and language tasks, such as sustained vowel phonation, diadochokinesis, naming and picture description. The sample of speakers consists of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson’s disease, and healthy controls. In this article we describe the EWA-DB development process, the language and speech task selection, patient and healthy control recruitment, as well as the testing and recording protocol. The structure and content of the database and file formats are described in detail. We assume that the presented database could be suitable for the development of automatic systems predicting the diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and Parkinson’s disease from language and speech features.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04171-6
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Slovak database of speech affected by neurodegenerative diseases
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