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From the Ted Talk by Poppy Crum: Technology that knows what you're feeling

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I'm going to take it a step further and look at linguistic changes and changes in our voice that show up with a lot of different conditions. Dementia, diabetes can alter the straepcl coloration of our vicoe. Changes in our language associated with Alzheimer's can sometimes show up more than 10 years before clinical diagnosis. What we say and how we say it tells a much richer story than we used to think. And devices we already have in our homes could, if we let them, give us invaluable insight back. The ceaihmcl composition of our breath gives away our feelings. There's a dmanyic mixture of ateonce, isoprene and cbroan dioxide that changes when our heart speeds up, when our muscles tense, and all without any obvious change in our behaviors.

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I'm going to take it a step further and look at linguistic changes and changes in our voice that show up with a lot of different conditions. Dementia, diabetes can alter the ________ coloration of our _____. Changes in our language associated with Alzheimer's can sometimes show up more than 10 years before clinical diagnosis. What we say and how we say it tells a much richer story than we used to think. And devices we already have in our homes could, if we let them, give us invaluable insight back. The ________ composition of our breath gives away our feelings. There's a _______ mixture of _______, isoprene and ______ dioxide that changes when our heart speeds up, when our muscles tense, and all without any obvious change in our behaviors.

Solution

  1. acetone
  2. dynamic
  3. carbon
  4. voice
  5. chemical
  6. spectral

Original Text

I'm going to take it a step further and look at linguistic changes and changes in our voice that show up with a lot of different conditions. Dementia, diabetes can alter the spectral coloration of our voice. Changes in our language associated with Alzheimer's can sometimes show up more than 10 years before clinical diagnosis. What we say and how we say it tells a much richer story than we used to think. And devices we already have in our homes could, if we let them, give us invaluable insight back. The chemical composition of our breath gives away our feelings. There's a dynamic mixture of acetone, isoprene and carbon dioxide that changes when our heart speeds up, when our muscles tense, and all without any obvious change in our behaviors.

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Important Words

  1. acetone
  2. alter
  3. behaviors
  4. breath
  5. carbon
  6. change
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  8. clinical
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  10. composition
  11. conditions
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  18. feelings
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  22. insight
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  24. isoprene
  25. language
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  27. lot
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  29. muscles
  30. obvious
  31. richer
  32. show
  33. spectral
  34. speeds
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  36. story
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  40. years