Acoustic and Linguistic Features of Impromptu Speech and Their Association With Anxiety: Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The measurement and monitoring of generalized anxiety disorder requires frequent interaction with psychiatrists or psychologists. Access to mental health professionals is often difficult because of high costs or insufficient availability. The ability to assess generalized anxiety disorder passively and at frequent intervals could be a useful complement to conventional treatment and help with relapse monitoring. Prior work suggests that higher anxiety levels are associated with features of human speech. As such, monitoring speech using personal smartphones or other wearable devices may be a means to achieve passive anxiety monitoring.

Objective

This study aims to validate the association of previously suggested acoustic and linguistic features of speech with anxiet

SUBMITTER: Teferra BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9308078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature