Impairment in speech that originates from lesions in the brain is emerging as a novel feature of cognitive evaluation in identifying preclinical or incipient Alzheimer’s disease (AD). An atrophy pattern of the brain regions affected due to the speech deficits could be used as a novel diagnostic feature to identify AD before any symptoms appear.
Presenting Author :
Arham Aziz
Affiliations :
Grade 10, Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School, London, Ontario, Canada,
Email :
arham-aziz@outlook.com