Feasibility of using an automated analysis of formulation effort in patients’ spoken seizure descriptions in the differential diagnosis of epileptic and nonepileptic seizures

Ongoing research is investigating the feasibility of using a clinical decision tool to standardise the collection and interpretation of a person’s history of Transient Loss of Consciousness (Stiell and Bennett, 2007; Brignole et al., 2018; Wardrope, Newberry and Reuber, 2018). One such tool, a computer-analysed questionnaire including a series of yes/no questions about TLOC manifestations, questions about a person’s medical history, and some additional questions to observers (Reuber et al., 2016; Chen et al.

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