Detecting Parkinson's disease by phone

A simple phone call can also help us record the first signs of Parkinson's disease by detecting minor changes in the patient's voice several years before more severe symptoms appear. show.

New technology developed in the United States allows analysis of tremors, panting and other illness signs of patients through voice - one of the earliest symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say that the computer program they program can detect Parkinson's patients with 99% accuracy through voice analysis.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts say the machine program
Their properties can detect Parkinson's patients with 99% accuracy.

Parkinson's patients and volunteers were invited to participate in a 3-minute conversation, in which they would say words ah, a few sentences, answer a few questions, the system would be programmed to analyze the voice. Remote speaking, allows to detect and treat diseases early.

Dr Max Little, a British researcher who initiated the idea of ​​discovering Parkinson's disease by phone, said: 'Scientists tell us the weakening in voice may be an early sign of Parkinson disease. It sounds a bit unusual because Parkinson's disease is a disorder of movement and speech is a form of movement. Neuroscientists will observe changes in mobility, usually with limbs, but now we are interested in pronunciation agencies - sounds coming from the mouth. We are quite confident that we can detect Parkinson's disease via phone. '

Reference: Telegraph