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Digital Speech Analysis Trial Opens: Novel Telemedicine Platform for Early Dementia Detection — What Clinicians Need to Know

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5 May 2026

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A novel Czech study is evaluating a telemedicine platform that uses speech analysis and memory self-assessment to detect early cognitive impairment. The Digital Diagnostics of Dementia platform could revolutionise remote dementia screening.

Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov

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