15. A method for using speech analysis to detect speech pathologies comprising: registering a patient with a speech-based health monitor; establishing a speech segment baseline representing an initial state of the patient's speech with the speech-based health monitor; when prompted by the speech-based health monitor, submitting of a speech segment to the speech-based health monitor by the patient, wherein the submitted speech segment represents a current state of the patient's speech system; analyzing of the submitted speech segment by the speech-based health monitor with respect to at least one of the established speech segment baseline and a speech segment history associated with the patient, wherein the speech segment history comprises speech segments previously submitted by the patient; based upon said analysis, determining of a satisfaction of at least one health alert definition by the speech-based health monitor, wherein a health alert definition defines at least one action performed by the speech-based health monitor when its associated triggering conditions are satisfied by the analysis; and executing the at least one action associated with the at least one satisfied health alert definition.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein submitting of the speech segment to the speech-based health monitor further comprises: adding the submitted speech segment to the speech segment history of the patient within a data store of the speech-based health monitor.