Acoustic and perceptual measurement of expressive prosody in high-functioning autism: Increased pitch range and what it means to listeners

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 499-511

  Nadig, Aparna ^a   Shaw, Holly ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurements; Expressive prosody; High functioning autism; Perceptual judgments; Pitch variability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84859104333     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1264-3     Document Type: Article

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