# A test for Parkinson's with a phone call

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Max Little
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Biology, Medicine and health, Computer science, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/max_little_a_test_for_parkinson_s_with_a_phone_call)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Parkinson's disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide, causing weakness and tremors, but there's no objective way to detect it early on. Yet. Applied mathematician and TED Fellow Max Little is testing a simple, cheap tool that in trials is able to detect Parkinson's with 99 percent accuracy -- in a 30-second phone call.

## Lectures

1. [A test for Parkinson's with a phone call](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/max_little_a_test_for_parkinson_s_with_a_phone_call/19393f61e8a7), 6 min (TED's player)