Auditory integration training: A double-blind study of behavioral and electrophysiological effects in people with autism

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 73-81

  Edelson, Stephen M ^a   Arin, Deborah ^b   Bauman, Margaret ^c   Lukas, Scott E ^c   Rudy, Jane H ^d   Sholar, Michelle ^e   Rimland, Bernard ^f  

^a Center for the Study of Autism in Salem   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Upper Valley Medical Center in Troy   (United States)

^e Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Center

^f Autism Research Institute

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EID: 0007289924     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835769901400202     Document Type: Article

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