Biological changes in auditory function following training in children with autism spectrum disorders

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Russo, Nicole M ^a,b   Hornickel, Jane ^a   Nicol, Trent ^a   Zecker, Steven ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; TRAINING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 77957924790     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-6-60     Document Type: Article

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