Audio-only interference training for cognitive disorder screening and treatment

An audio-based system for improving cognition in an individual, the system comprising:

• at least one audio output device comprising at least one speaker or headphones;
• a mobile electronic device comprising at least one sensor and being operably configured to provide an audio signal to the at least one audio output device;
• an integral or remote processor communicatively engaged with the mobile electronic device;
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• a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to perform one or more operations, the one or more operations comprising:
• rendering a first audio signal comprising an audio prompt for a first audio interference processing task, the first audio signal comprising a first signal sequence or first modulation parameter;
• rendering a second audio signal comprising an audio prompt for a second audio interference processing task, the second audio signal comprising a second signal sequence or second modulation parameter;
• outputting each of the first audio signal and the second audio signal to the at least one audio output device at two or more periodic time points, wherein the two or more periodic time points comprise an instance of a cognitive training regimen;
• receiving a first sensor input in response to outputting the first audio signal at the two or more time points;
• receiving a second sensor input in response to outputting the second audio signal at the two or more time points;
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• processing the first sensor input and the second sensor input according to at least one input parameter, the at least one input parameter comprising a timing parameter and a task parameter.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions for commanding one or more processors to execute operations of a method for audio-based cognitive training, the operations comprising:

• processing a first audio signal and a second audio signal according to one or more audio processing parameters, the one or more audio processing parameters comprising at least one of a sequencing parameter and a modulation parameter, wherein the first audio signal comprises an audio prompt for a first audio interference processing task and the second audio signal comprises an audio prompt for a second audio interference processing task;
• outputting each of the first audio signal and the second audio signal to an audio output device at two or more time points, wherein the two or more time points comprise an instance of a cognitive training regimen;
• receiving a first sensor input in response to outputting the first audio signal at the two or more time points;
• receiving a second sensor input in response to outputting the second audio signal at the two or more time points;
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• processing the first sensor input and the second sensor input according to at least one input parameter, the at least one input parameter comprising a timing parameter and a task parameter.