ETRI, successful development of an AI-based dementia prediction technology

Researchers in South Korea have recently developed an AI-based technology that can analyze the voice/speech of the elderly to screen and detect those who are at high risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), supported by the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), is conducting research on the development of an AI technology that can evaluate and predict brain function degeneration and brain-related diseases such as mild cognitive impairment, dementia, etc., by analyzing the speech utterances of the elderly that can be obtained through their daily conversations.

Therefore, through such detailed analysis, it is possible to provide an early judgment and prediction of the decline in cognitive, language, and motor skills in patients suffering from mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

National Research Council of Science and Technology release on Newswise