This $430,375 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173) federal grant program, aims to validate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques applied to video and speech data for objectively evaluating social interaction and mental health in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
The project will be carried out by Emory University, a private research institution in Atlanta, Georgia, over a 2-year period from September 2023 to August 2025. The key objectives are to: 1) analyze social engagement features detected from a multi-modal patient monitoring system to predict perceived social support and cognitive assessment scores of MCI patients; and 2) analyze facial expressions and speech behaviors from video recordings of cognitive assessment interviews to predict depression, loneliness, and cognitive function in the MCI population. Successful completion of this project is expected to advance the development of objective, technology-enabled means of quantifying MCI-related behavioral changes in real-world settings.
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