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Algorithm and Mobile App Development for Speech Analysis to Recognize Mental Status Changes 

Patricia Bloom, M.D., assistant professor, Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine

Dr. Patricia Bloom's team has identified speech features that can diagnose early-stage hepatic encephalopathy, a life-limiting complication of liver cirrhosis, and predict future later-stage hepatic encephalopathy. In this session, Dr. Bloom will discuss her team's development of a smartphone application that will use their speech prediction algorithm to help diagnose this condition at home or in the clinic. Specifically, Dr. Bloom will discuss how her team developed a predictive algorithm, the steps that will be used to test it, what resources were used, and the process/challenges of adapting it to a mobile app format and identifying a vendor. 

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DIGIT-MI is where University of Michigan faculty and staff meet virtually to connect, learn, and share resources to encourage the increased use of digital and mobile technologies and mental wellness measurements in health research. Each meeting features a speaker(s) who shares practical knowledge for using digital and mobile technologies in health research studies. Learn more.

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