Accuracy of AI Laryngeal Disorder Detection - Takeaways - MDSpire

Accuracy of AI Laryngeal Disorder Detection

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  • Andrea Surnit

  • June 22, 2026

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    AI systems show high accuracy in detecting abnormal voices but lower performance in identifying specific laryngeal disorders.

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    Reported accuracies for distinguishing healthy from pathologic voices ranged from 88% to 99%, while specific disorder identification remained below 75%.

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    The review analyzed 88 studies evaluating AI approaches for laryngeal disorder detection, highlighting a decline in performance from detection to diagnosis.

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    Methodologic concerns included reliance on limited databases and sustained-vowel recordings, affecting the generalizability of AI performance.

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    Current evidence supports AI as a tool for screening and monitoring, but it cannot replace endoscopic assessment for specific diagnoses.

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