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Main Authors: Lu, Y., Harati, A., Rutowski, T., Oliveira, R., Chlebek, P., Shriberg, E.
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19072
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author Lu, Y.
Harati, A.
Rutowski, T.
Oliveira, R.
Chlebek, P.
Shriberg, E.
author_facet Lu, Y.
Harati, A.
Rutowski, T.
Oliveira, R.
Chlebek, P.
Shriberg, E.
contents Depression is a global health concern with a critical need for increased patient screening. Speech technology offers advantages for remote screening but must perform robustly across patients. We have described two deep learning models developed for this purpose. One model is based on acoustics; the other is based on natural language processing. Both models employ transfer learning. Data from a depression-labeled corpus in which 11,000 unique users interacted with a human-machine application using conversational speech is used. Results on binary depression classification have shown that both models perform at or above AUC=0.80 on unseen data with no speaker overlap. Performance is further analyzed as a function of test subset characteristics, finding that the models are generally robust over speaker and session variables. We conclude that models based on these approaches offer promise for generalized automated depression screening.
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spellingShingle Robust Speech and Natural Language Processing Models for Depression Screening
Lu, Y.
Harati, A.
Rutowski, T.
Oliveira, R.
Chlebek, P.
Shriberg, E.
Audio and Speech Processing
Computation and Language
Depression is a global health concern with a critical need for increased patient screening. Speech technology offers advantages for remote screening but must perform robustly across patients. We have described two deep learning models developed for this purpose. One model is based on acoustics; the other is based on natural language processing. Both models employ transfer learning. Data from a depression-labeled corpus in which 11,000 unique users interacted with a human-machine application using conversational speech is used. Results on binary depression classification have shown that both models perform at or above AUC=0.80 on unseen data with no speaker overlap. Performance is further analyzed as a function of test subset characteristics, finding that the models are generally robust over speaker and session variables. We conclude that models based on these approaches offer promise for generalized automated depression screening.
title Robust Speech and Natural Language Processing Models for Depression Screening
topic Audio and Speech Processing
Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19072