A qualitative study of noise sensitivity in adults with autism spectrum disorder

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-52

  Landon, Jason ^a   Shepherd, Daniel ^a   Lodhia, Veema ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adults; Auditory processing; Autism spectrum disorders; Noise sensitivity; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NOISE SENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUND;

EID: 84985930804     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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