Abstract: Methods of assessing the pathological and/or physiological state of a subject, methods of monitoring a subject with heart failure or a subject that has been diagnosed as having or being at risk of having a condition associated with dyspnea and/or fatigue, and methods of diagnosing a subject as having decompensated heart failure are provided. The methods comprise obtaining a voice recording from a word-reading test from the subject, wherein the voice recording is from a word-reading test comprising reading a sequence of words drawn from a set of n words and analysing the voice recording, or a portion thereof.

Abstract: The application relates to devices and methods for assessing cognitive impairment and/or speech motor impairment in a subject. The method comprises analysing a voice recording from a word- reading test obtained from the subject by identifying a plurality of segments of the voice recording that correspond to single words or syllables and determining the number of correctly read words in the voice recording and/or the speech rate associated with the recording.