Can Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders "Hear" a Speaking Face?

Autor/inn/en	Irwin, Julia R.; Tornatore, Lauren A.; Brancazio, Lawrence; Whalen, D. H.
Titel	Can Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders "Hear" a Speaking Face?
Quelle	In: Child Development, 82 (2011) 5, S.1397-1403 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01619.x
Schlagwörter	Autism; Auditory Perception; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Eye Movements; Speech Communication; Task Analysis; Visual Stimuli; Control Groups; Language Impairments; Communication Problems; Language Processing; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Augenbewegung; Aufgabenanalyse; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Kommunikationsbarriere; Sprachverarbeitung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	This study used eye-tracking methodology to assess audiovisual speech perception in 26 children ranging in age from 5 to 15 years, half with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and half with typical development. Given the characteristic reduction in gaze to the faces of others in children with ASD, it was hypothesized that they would show reduced influence of visual information on heard speech. Responses were compared on a set of auditory, visual, and audiovisual speech perception tasks. Even when fixated on the face of the speaker, children with ASD were less visually influenced than typical development controls. This indicates fundamental differences in the processing of audiovisual speech in children with ASD, which may contribute to their language and communication impairments. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10