On the importance of normative data in speech-based assessment

Abstract

Data sets for identifying Alzheimer's disease (AD) are often relatively sparse, which limits their ability to train generalizable models. Here, we augment such a data set, DementiaBank, with each of two normative data sets, the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study and Talk2Me, each of which employs a speech-based picture-description assessment. Through minority class oversampling with ADASYN, we outperform state-of-the-art results in binary classification of people with and without AD in DementiaBank. This work highlights the effectiveness of combining sparse and difficult-to-acquire patient data with relatively large and easily accessible normative datasets.

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