The Impact of Pause and Filler Word Encoding on Dementia Detection with Contrastive Learning

Dementia is primarily caused by neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It affects millions worldwide, making detection and monitoring crucial. This study focuses on the detection of dementia from speech transcripts of controls and dementia groups. We propose encoding in-text pause...

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Main Authors: Reza Soleimani, Shengjie Guo, Katarina L. Haley, Adam Jacks, Edgar Lobaton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/19/8879
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