Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Automated speech analysis reveals progressive linguistic changes associated with subsequent gray matter loss in multiple sclerosis
Background: The utility of high-level linguistic analysis for longitudinal monitoring of multiple sclerosis (MS) and its relationship with progressive brain volume loss remains largely unexplored. Objective: To characterize longitudinal changes in lexical and syntactic features in MS and determine whether linguistic alterations are associated with subsequent brain volume loss. Methods: Ninety-seven patients with MS and 80 age- and sex-matched healthy controls completed story narration tasks at baseline and 2-year f …