Auditory Processing in High-Functioning Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  DePape, Anne Marie R ^a   Hall, Geoffrey B C ^a   Tillmann, Barbara ^c   Trainor, Laurel J ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY PROCESSING; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSIC; PHONEME; PITCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PHONETICS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866316174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044084     Document Type: Article

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