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Improving Emotion Perception in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Computer-Based Training and Hearing Amplification.
Leung, Joan H; Purdy, Suzanne C; Corballis, Paul M.
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  • Leung JH; School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.
  • Purdy SC; School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.
  • Corballis PM; School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand.
Brain Sci ; 11(4)2021 Apr 08.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33917776
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience challenges with social communication, often involving emotional elements of language. This may stem from underlying auditory processing difficulties, especially when incoming speech is nuanced or complex. This study explored the effects of auditory training on social perception abilities of children with ASD. The training combined use of a remote-microphone hearing system and computerized emotion perception training. At baseline, children with ASD had poorer social communication scores and delayed mismatch negativity (MMN) compared to typically developing children. Behavioral results, measured pre- and post-intervention, revealed increased social perception scores in children with ASD to the extent that they outperformed their typically developing peers post-intervention. Electrophysiology results revealed changes in neural responses to emotional speech stimuli. Post-intervention, mismatch responses of children with ASD more closely resembled their neurotypical peers, with shorter MMN latencies, a significantly heightened P2 wave, and greater differentiation of emotional stimuli, consistent with their improved behavioral results. This study sets the foundation for further investigation into connections between auditory processing difficulties and social perception and communication for individuals with ASD, and provides a promising indication that combining amplified hearing and computer-based targeted social perception training using emotional speech stimuli may have neuro-rehabilitative benefits.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article