MeDILang - First international Conference on the Multimodal Assessment of Speech, Language, and Reading for Medical Diagnostics and Interventions

This conference brings together leading researchers and clinicians to explore advances in multimodal mechanisms and assessment of speech, language, and reading for medical diagnostics and interventions. With growing emphasis on the integration of multimodal data (e.g., neurophysiology, peripheral physiology, speech and eye movements) in different settings (e.g., lab, clinic, patient-doctor interactions) to enhance the understanding of speech, language and reading disorders, the event highlights how novel methods and computational tools are transforming the landscape of clinical assessment. Furthermore, the conference emphasizes also research and initiatives on using speech or text for medical documentation and organization. The conference has the goal of discussing key points to enable more accurate diagnoses and effective interventions for conditions such as  

• developmental disorders (e.g., dyslexia, autism, ADHD) 
• psychiatric disorders (e.g., psychosis, depression, suicidality) 
• neurocognitive disorders (e.g., dementia, Parkinson’s disease, stroke recovery) 
• medical documentation

Attendees will engage in poster and plenum presentations and discussions spanning novel methodologies, real-world clinical applications, and the future directions of AI-powered, multimodal evaluations of speech, language and reading in (pre)clinical populations. 

Prof. Nathalie Giroud - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry UZH/PUK

Prof. Lena Jäger - Department of Computational Linguistics UZH

Dr. Iliana Karipidis - Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry UZH/PUK

Sabina Räz - Department of Neurology USZ

Prof. Birgit Kleim - Experimental Psychopathology und Psychotherapy UZH/PUK

Prof. Philipp Homan - Department of Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy UZH/PUK

Prof. Tobias Kleinjung - Department of Otorhinolaryngology USZ

Prof. Sarah Ebling - Department of Computational Linguistics UZH

Prof. Martin Meyer - Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution UZH