Eligibility Criteria for Conversational Speech Analysis (CSA) Research Study
Please note that additional
things may come up during the course of screening that impact enrollment
eligibility, which is ultimately up to the discretion of the study team.
Inclusion Criteria
You may be eligible for this study if you:
- are 40-95 years old
- are within range on cognitive screening exams
- are primarily English speaking, without a distinctive international or regional dialect (based on clinician’s ear)
Exclusion Criteria
You may not be eligible for this study if you have:
The presence of a concomitant medical neurological or psychiatric illness or condition that in the opinion of the investigators would confound interpretation of study results or prevent the participant from participating or cooperating in the protocol. These include:
- major psychiatric disorder (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression within past two years)
- neurological or autoimmune conditions affecting cognition (e.g., Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, head trauma with loss of consciousness > than 30 min)
- systemic medical illnesses (e.g., cancer, renal failure)
- current depression
- DSM-V criteria for substance abuse or dependence
- current medication use likely to affect Central Nervous System functions