Technology and Dementia Preconference.

In the current evaluation we verified our conjectures regarding the strong capacity of speech to predict cognitive decline. Audio analysis and machine learning are proven to be invaluable tools in the prediction of early signs of cognitive decline, which are coupled with a wide spectrum of neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. [1] Boschi, Veronica, et al., Frontiers in psychology 8 (2017): 269. [2] Vassiliki Rentoumi et al., Alzheimer's & Dementia, Wiley, volume 16, 2020. [3] Alberdi, Ane et al., Artificial intelligence in medicine 71 (2016): 1-29.