Inventors:
Rahul SHRIVASTAV - Gainesville FL, US
John Clyde ROSENBEK - Gainesville FL, US
James D. HARNSBERGER - Gainesville FL, US
Supraja ANAND - Gainesville FL, US
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated - Gainesville FL
International Classification:
A61B 5/00
Abstract:
Systems and methods of screening for neurological and other diseases utilizing a subject's speech behavior are provided. According to one embodiment, a system is provided that includes an identification device used to determine a health state of a subject by receiving, as input to an interface of the device, one or more speech samples from the subject. The speech samples can be provided to the device by an intentional action of a user or passively due to the device being in the signal path of the subject's speech. The samples are communicated to a processor that identifies the acoustic measures of the samples and compares the acoustic measures of the samples with baseline acoustic measures stored in a memory of the device. The results of this determination can be communicated back to the subject or provided to a third party.