Benchmarking Foundation Models for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Detection from Spontaneous Speech

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are progressive neurodegenerative conditions where early detection is critical for timely intervention and care planning. Acoustic biomarkers—such as changes in prosody, fluency, and pause patterns—can be extracted from spontaneous speech and offer a non-invasive avenue for early diagnosis.

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