Could speech test help detect Parkinson's?

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-- back -- -- house call and the doctors it's an incurable disease that affects about one and a half million people in our country.

But now researchers have created a voice test before space test to discover parkinson's.

-- some money this is pretty fascinating how to do this one of the -- You -- have you noticed how I go of exciting topics -- -- that technology and the voice activated itself today.

So Michael.

Everyone knows caucuses as a tremor that they have where they sit still once they start walking the tremors gets much better.

It usually starts on one side of the body and over time -- -- rigidity to have these two kind of posture.

But guess what it also affects their boys to have these very soft.

Spoken and monotonous -- -- voice.

These genius engineers mathematicians are coming with this new computer software the same way that you speak -- Apple's -- They are making like 101000 voices did -- databank that the computer can decide whether you have.

Caucuses or not.

So it's amazing because you think back to -- calling through remote without going -- doctor.

You can call in speak for three minutes -- the computer says you have very parkinson's or not quite as important.

More -- the diagnosis today is clinical we look at the patient we look at their symptoms.

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He's -- messing in this initiative.

101000 people to see what it is about their voices that are different when they have parkinson's Parkinson is a movement disorder -- coordination.

But as David just said it affects the voice and speaking most of the time.

Before you get that rigidity before you get that tremors or may be able to make an early diagnosis.

But ericsson's everyone has a variability in terms of their -- it's got to be very scientific.

That's why when this database is a -- will be able to see exactly what is different.

About someone with parkinson's.

Vs someone that doesn't have it.

And then you'll be able to make that diagnosis -- we still don't have though.

The early treatment -- -- -- looking -- -- MRIs we're looking at diagnosing this early and then the next step will be to treated early with medications that work.

I think this -- being -- well I think it's gonna be few years before we get there but I think -- what's exciting about this is that they look at fifty blind.

Patients meaning that they -- -- who has caucuses or not.

86% of the time.

The computer was right about it's not that turn out early it's sort of psychotic man when you catch it -- the Jamie that treatment is is there.

I'm glad you can slow down the progression big -- I belong to Fox's book lucky -- -- -- I think he goes through what he went through in fact it was hard to diagnose him in the first initial.

Stages he has contributed a lot to this disease -- he's been encourages --

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