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The smart speakers helping Parkinson's patients | Information Age


Remarkable success using voice assistants for speech therapy.
By David Braue on Jul 06 2021 10:09 AM
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Pervasive AI-based smart speakers such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home have been maligned on privacy grounds, but new research suggests they may be invaluable in helping sufferers of Parkinson’s disease counter voice changes.
The affliction’s progressive degeneration – which gives Parkinson’s patients a soft, monotone and hoarse sounding voice due to changes in muscle function – is found in 89 per cent of patients, and the vocal chord changes that it causes are one of the first clinical signs of the condition.
It typically causes patients to withdraw from conversations because they cannot modulate their voice enough to be heard, or heard clearly – and many sufferers report decreased social confidence as a result. ....

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