Voice Algorithms Spot Parkinson's disease

Jul 5, 2012, 10:45 by Michael Croft

BBC News | British mathematician Max Little has developed a cheap, non-invasive test to diagnose Parkinson's disease based on his discovery that symptoms can be detected by computer algorithms that analyse voice recordings. He is now recruiting 10,000 volunteers to have their voices recorded.

July 5, 2012 | In a potential breakthrough for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, mathematician Max Little has come up with a non-invasive, cheap test based on his discovery that Parkinson's symptoms can be detected by computer algorithms that analyse voice recordings. He is now hoping to recruit 10,000 volunteers (patients and controls) to have their voices recorded. BBC News