Abstract

Speech analysis can provide a potential non-invasive and objective means of assessing and monitoring an individual's mental health. Most studies to date have focused on cross-sectional analysis and have not explored the benefits of speech analysis as a longitudinal monitoring tool that can assist in the management of chronic conditions such as major depressive disorder (MDD). Objectively monitoring for shifts in depression symptom severity levels over time presents a notable challenge, which we address through an automated approach using longitudinal English and Spanish speech samples collected from a clinical population. We employ time-frequency representations and linguistic embeddings to enhance the early recognition of alterations in depression levels in individuals with MDD. We investigate the suitability of using siamese-based training for modeling these changes, intending to enable personalized and adaptive interventions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12021-12025
Number of pages5
JournalICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event49th IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2024 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 14 Apr 202419 Apr 2024

Keywords

  • Contrastive Training
  • Depression
  • Language Analysis
  • Longitudinal Assessment
  • Speech Analysis

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