Publications by authors named "R Norel"
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- Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a metabolic disorder that leads to high levels of phenylalanine, affecting speech and cognitive function.
- Researchers used the Cookie Theft Picture Task to analyze spontaneous speech from adults with PKU and found significant linguistic differences compared to those without the disorder, despite traditional tests showing no differences.
- Advanced AI analysis identified a new dimension of verbal proficiency correlated with PKU biomarkers, suggesting potential for improved assessments in PKU and other rare diseases through speech analysis.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative motor neuron disease that causes progressive muscle weakness. Progressive bulbar dysfunction causes dysarthria and thus social isolation, reducing quality of life. The Everything ALS Speech Study obtained longitudinal clinical information and speech recordings from 292 participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is a prevailing view that humans' capacity to use language to characterize sensations like odors or tastes is poor, providing an unreliable source of information.
Methods: Here, we developed a machine learning method based on Natural Language Processing (NLP) using Large Language Models (LLM) to predict COVID-19 diagnosis solely based on text descriptions of acute changes in chemosensation, i.e.