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Life sciences · Preprint
arXiv · August 7, 2026
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This is a proof-of-concept study demonstrating that LLM-based text embeddings can improve classification accuracy on publicly available speech datasets labeled with Alzheimer's disease status. The work is technical in nature, evaluating an algorithm rather than testing it clinically; it does not report safety, diagnostic accuracy metrics, or patient outcomes needed to assess clinical utility.
Algorithm validation on benchmark datasets. Speakers in public benchmark datasets ADReSS20 and ADReSSo2021; no participant-level demographics or eligibility criteria reported.. Intervention: LLM-based text embeddings with PCA dimensionality reduction for AD classification.. Compared with: Existing methods (not specified by name or performance)..
LLM-based embeddings improve AD classification accuracy by up to 5 percent over existing methods, especially for early-stage detection. Framework generalizes well across ADReSS20 and ADReSSo2021 benchmark datasets. Privacy-preserving approach uses locally deployed models without external data exchange.
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This is a technical algorithm study, not a clinical trial. It shows that machine learning can improve computational classification on benchmark data; clinicians should not use this to screen patients or guide diagnosis. Clinical validation with prospective enrollment, blinded assessment, and diagnostic accuracy metrics would be required before clinical application.
A single-arm, algorithm development study on benchmark datasets with no clinical validation, control group comparison, or patient outcome data; demonstrates technical feasibility but not clinical utility or safety.
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This is a technical algorithm study, not a clinical trial. It shows that machine learning can improve computational classification on benchmark data; clinicians should not use this to screen patients or guide diagnosis. Clinical validation with prospective enrollment, blinded assessment, and diagnostic accuracy metrics would be required before clinical application.
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Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is critical for enabling timely interventions that may slow disease progression and improve patient outcomes. There is a growing need for AD detection methods that are non-invasive and cost-effective, especially in real-world clinical settings with diverse patient populations and recording conditions. Speech-based screening addresses these needs by using natural speech collected without specialized equipment. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have improved speech analysis by providing rich linguistic representations and strong generalization. In this study, we propose LSEAD, a speech-based AD detection framework using pretrained open-source LLMs. Speech recordings are automatically transcribed, and text embeddings are extracted using locally deployed LLMs. Principal component analysis (PCA) is applied to reduce dimensionality before classification. Because the framework relies only on speech transcripts and locally deployed models, it supports privacy-preserving AD risk assessment without external data exchange. We evaluate LSEAD on the ADReSS20 and ADReSSo2021 benchmark datasets. Experimental results show that LLM-based embeddings generalize well across datasets and improve AD classification accuracy by up to 5 percent over existing methods, especially for early-stage detection. These results demonstrate that LSEAD provides a practical, secure, and scalable approach for early AD screening.
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