"Listen my children and you shall hear": Auditory preferences in toddlers with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1350-1364

  Paul, Rhea ^a,b   Chawarska, Katarzyna ^b   Fowler, Carol ^c   Cicchetti, Domenic ^b   Volkmar, Fred ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory comprehension; Autism spectrum disorders; Language comprehension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; TIME; TODDLER;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 35848970561     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2007/094)     Document Type: Article

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