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Yafit Gabay; Eva Reinisch; Dana Even; Nahal Binur; Bat-Sheva Hadad – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Current theories of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) suggest atypical use of context in ASD, but little is known about how these atypicalities influence speech perception. We examined the influence of contextual information (lexical, spectral, and temporal) on phoneme categorization of people with ASD and in typically developed (TD) people. Across…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Auditory Perception, Speech Communication, Context Effect
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Stewart, Mary E.; Griffiths, Timothy D.; Grube, Manon – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Enhanced basic perceptual discrimination has been reported for pitch in individuals with autism spectrum conditions. We test whether there is a correlational pattern of enhancement across the broader autism phenotype and whether this correlation occurs for the discrimination of pitch, time and loudness. Scores on the Autism-Spectrum Quotient…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Auditory Discrimination, Time
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Bhatara, Anjali; Babikian, Talin; Laugeson, Elizabeth; Tachdjian, Raffi; Sininger, Yvonne S. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) frequently demonstrate preserved or enhanced frequency perception but impaired timing perception. The present study investigated the processing of spectral and temporal information in 12 adolescents with ASD and 15 age-matched controls. Participants completed two psychoacoustic tasks: one determined…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Time, Perceptual Impairments