Update on the current state of speech and language testing in Alzheimer's Disease
Shloka Dhareshwar, Ruby Mineur, Courtney Lewis, Melissa Kane, Paul Maruff, Adam P Vogel · 2025
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Shloka Dhareshwar and five co-authors review the state of speech and language testing for Alzheimer's disease in this 2025 paper. Changes in how a person speaks or finds words can signal decline, and digital tools can now record and score speech automatically. The authors survey how these markers are used today and what holds them back.
Weak scores on language tests can predict faster decline, the review finds. Yet current tests often fail to separate mild impairment from healthy aging, and they pick up change only once it is large. Poor standards and thin clinical data also slow use in drug trials. The authors argue that cheap, phone based speech checks could widen screening if the field agrees on common methods and gathers stronger proof.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Shloka Dhareshwar, Ruby Mineur, Courtney Lewis, Melissa Kane, Paul Maruff, Adam P Vogel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |