Speech discrimination difficulties in High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder are likely independent of auditory hypersensitivity.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), characterised by impaired communication skills and repetitive behaviours, can also result in differences in sensory perception. Individuals with ASD often perform normally in simple auditory tasks but poorly compared to typically developed (TD) individuals on complex...

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Main Authors: William Andrew Dunlop, Peter G. Enticott, Ramesh Rajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00401/full