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Teen's AI Tool Detects Parkinson's with 91% Accuracy

8/31/2025

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Matthew Shen, a Richmond Hill high school student, created an AI tool to detect early-stage Parkinson's through voice recordings.
The tool achieved 91.11% accuracy and was published in *Nature Scientific Reports*.
Shen won gold at the York Region Science Fair and silver at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, earning an $8,000 award.
He intends to develop a public website for the tool and challenge age-related research expectations.

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Story summary

Matthew Shen, a Richmond Hill high school student, created an AI tool to detect early-stage Parkinson's through voice recordings.
The tool achieved 91.11% accuracy and was published in *Nature Scientific Reports*.
Shen won gold at the York Region Science Fair and silver at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, earning an $8,000 award.
He intends to develop a public website for the tool and challenge age-related research expectations.