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Challenges of Interruptions in Clinical Conversational AI Systems

Clinical voice agents in healthcare face challenges when patients interrupt mid-utterance, risking loss of critical information despite effective handling of cooperative speech. Current benchmarks for clinical conversational AI do not adequately address interruptions.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-08-29T12:54:50+00:00 Detected 2026-09-01T05:21:26+00:00
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Clinical voice agents in healthcare face challenges when patients interrupt mid-utterance, risking loss of critical information despite effective handling of cooperative speech. Current benchmarks for clinical conversational AI do not adequately address interruptions.

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Clinical voice agents are now deployed in routine care, where real patients do not wait their turn: they interrupt. These systems typically use a cascaded architecture (speech-to-text -> LLM -> text-to-speech), so when a patient cuts the agent off mid-utterance, clinically required content can be lost even when...

Interruptions are common in real clinical settings, so improving AI systems to handle them safely is crucial for reliable patient care. Addressing this gap can enhance the effectiveness and safety of clinical voice agents.

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