Automatic Spontaneous Speech Analysis for the Detection of Cognitive Functional Decline in Older Adults: Multilanguage Cross-Sectional Study

Emilia Ambrosini   ¹ , PhD ;   Chiara Giangregorio   ¹ , MSc ;   Eugenio Lomurno   ¹ , MSc ;   Sara Moccia   ² , PhD ;   Marios Milis   ³ , MSc ;   Christos Loizou   ⁴ , PhD ;   Domenico Azzolino   ⁵ , PhD ;   Matteo Cesari   ⁶ , PhD ;   Manuel Cid Gala   ⁷ , MSc ;   Carmen Galán de Isla   ⁷ , MSc ;   Jonathan Gomez-Raja   ⁷ , PhD ;   Nunzio Alberto Borghese   ⁸ , PhD ;   Matteo Matteucci   ¹ , PhD ;   Simona Ferrante   ^{1, 9} , PhD

¹ Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

² BioRobotics Institute and Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

³ SignalGeneriX Ltd, Limassol, Cyprus

⁴ Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus

⁵ Geriatric Unit, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy

⁶ Ageing and Health Unit, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

⁷ Consejería de Sanidad y Servicios Sociales, Junta de Extremadura, Merida, Spain

⁸ Department of Computer Science, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

⁹ Laboratory of E-Health Technologies and Artificial Intelligence Research in Neurology, Joint Research Platform, Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy