NLP Headache Speech (NLPH-SPEECH): a Cross-sectional Study on Natural Language Processing Analysing Spoken Monologues by Headache Patients

NLP Headache Speech (NLPH-SPEECH): a Cross-sectional Study on Natural Language Processing Analysing Spoken Monologues by Headache Patients

The research collects spoken descriptions of headache disorders by participants with headache disorders. The speech recordings are analyzed by natural language processing (NLP) tools to analyse linguistic properties of the texts and to obtain insight into the potential of NLP machine learning models for the recognition of headache syndromes of the participants.

Inclusion Criteria:

• is a patient of the tertiary headache clinic at Ghent University Hospital
• is 18 years or older
• has Dutch as native speaking language

Exclusion Criteria:

• has difficulties in producing spoken language
• has limited or no knowledge of Dutch