Effects of background noise on cortical encoding of speech in autism spectrum disorders

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1185-1196

  Russo, Nicole ^a   Zecker, Steven ^a   Trommer, Barbara ^b   Chen, Julia ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Background noise; Children; Cortical encoding; Evoked potentials; Speech

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BLINKING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349595599     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-009-0737-0     Document Type: Article

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