Linguists detect early signs of dementia by studying the natural speech of seniors

A study led by linguists from the Department of English, Linguistics and Theater Studies (ELTS) at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) has found that early linguistic signs of dementia can be detected through the study of the natural speech of senior Singaporeans. The study was published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring on 18 April. This groundbreaking study, conducted together with researchers from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine), compared the natural speech of cognitively healthy persons Read More

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