Auditory-motor mapping training as an intervention to facilitate speech output in non-verbal children with autism: A proof of concept study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Wan, Catherine Y ^a   Bazen, Loes ^a   Baars, Rebecca ^a   Libenson, Amanda ^a   Zipse, Lauryn ^b   Zuk, Jennifer ^a   Norton, Andrea ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITOR MOTOR MAPPING TRAINING; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; VOCALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 80053320508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025505     Document Type: Article

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