Identification of Aphasia using Natural Language Processing

Aphasia is a neurological disorder of language that precludes a person’s ability to speak, understand, read or write in any language. By virtue of this disorder being inextricably connected to language, there is a vast potential for the application of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for the diagnosis of the disorder. This paper surveys the automated machine-learning-based classification methodologies followed by an attempt to discuss a potential way in which an NLP-backed methodology could be implemented along with its accompanying challenges. It is seen that the need for standardized technology-based diagnostic solutions necessitates the exploration of such a methodology.