Multimodal Technologies for Remote Assessment of Neurological and Mental Health.
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| Title: | Multimodal Technologies for Remote Assessment of Neurological and Mental Health. |
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| Authors: | Ramanarayanan, Vikram1,2 vikram.ramanarayanan@modality.ai |
| Source: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research. Nov2024, Vol. 67 Issue 11, p4233-4245. 13p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Conversation, *Brain, *Information resources, *Communication, *Case studies, Competency assessment (Law), Cardiopulmonary system physiology, Speech, Body mass index, Health, Natural language processing, Group dynamics, Telemedicine, Neurological disorders, Physiological aspects of speech, Combined modality therapy, Body movement |
| Abstract: | Purpose: Automated remote assessment and monitoring of patients' neurological and mental health is increasingly becoming an essential component of the digital clinic and telehealth ecosystem, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. This review article reviews various modalities of health information that are useful for developing such remote clinical assessments in the real world at scale. Approach: We first present an overview of the various modalities of health information--speech acoustics, natural language, conversational dynamics, orofacial or full body movement, eye gaze, respiration, cardiopulmonary, and neural --which can each be extracted from various signal sources--audio, video, text, or sensors. We further motivate their clinical utility with examples of how information from each modality can help us characterize how different disorders affect different aspects of patients' spoken communication. We then elucidate the advantages of combining one or more of these modalities toward a more holistic, informative, and robust assessment. Findings: We find that combining multiple modalities of health information allows for improved scientific interpretability, improved performance on downstream health applications such as early detection and progress monitoring, improved technological robustness, and improved user experience. We illustrate how these principles can be leveraged for remote clinical assessment at scale using a real-world case study of the Modality assessment platform. Conclusion: This review article motivates the combination of human-centric information from multiple modalities to measure various aspects of patients' health, arguing that remote clinical assessment that integrates this complementary information can be more effective and lead to better clinical outcomes than using any one data stream in isolation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Education Research Complete |
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