Association between acoustic speech features and non-severe levels of anxiety and depression symptoms across lifespan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have investigated the acoustic effects of diagnosed anxiety and depression. Anxiety and depression are not characteristics of the typical aging process, but minimal or mild symptoms can appear and evolve with age. However, the knowledge about the association between speech and anxiety or depression is scarce for minimal/mild symptoms, typical of healthy aging. As longevity and aging are still a new phenomenon worldwide, posing also several clinical challenges, it is important to improve our understanding of non-severe mood symptoms' impact on acoustic features across lifetime. The purpose of this study was to determine if variations in acoustic measures of voice are associated with non-severe anxiety or depression symptoms in adult population across lifet

SUBMITTER: Albuquerque L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8031302 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature