UK Validation of the Automated "AcceXible" Speech Analysis Software

Inclusion criteria

for patients:

• Adult patients 55+ years of age with suspected MCI or diagnosis of dementia referred into secondary care memory clinic by their General Practitioner.
• Have English as first language (able to speak and understand verbal messages).
• Patients must have agreed to participate in the study and have voluntarily signed the informed consent.

Inclusion criteria

for healthy volunteers:

• Healthy older adults (55+ years of age), without a diagnosis neurological, or psychiatric disorders or any clinical evidence of cognitive decline.
• Have English as first language (able to speak and understand verbal messages).
• Controls must have agreed to participate in the study and have voluntarily signed the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

for patients:

• To have received a diagnosis of a significant psychiatric disorder or other cognitive impairment not due to neurodegeneration.
• To have significant vision problems that would affect the ability to perceive visual stimuli.
• To have significant hearing problems that would affect the ability to understand verbal cues.
• To be unable to give informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

for healthy volunteers:

• Objective evidence of significant cognitive decline in any one domain.
• Score of <88 on ACE-III cognitive testing.