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Sentiment analysis enables subject matter experts to construct domain-specific lexicons that assign a value of either negative (\u22121) or positive (1) to certain words. The growth of telehealth provides opportunities to apply sentiment analysis to transcripts of adult spinal deformity patients\u2019 visits to derive a novel and less biased HRQOL metric. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of constructing a spine-specific lexicon for sentiment analysis to derive an HRQOL metric for adult spinal deformity patients from their preoperative telehealth visit transcripts. We asked each of twenty-five (25) adult patients seven open-ended questions about their spinal conditions, treatment, and quality of life during telehealth visits. We analyzed the Pearson correlation between our sentiment analysis HRQOL metric and established HRQOL metrics (the Scoliosis Research Society-22 questionnaire [SRS-22], 36-Item Short Form Health Survey [SF-36], and Oswestry Disability Index [ODI]). 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