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Mapping the Developmental Trajectory and Correlates of Enhanced Pitch Perception on Speech Processing in Adults with ASD

Mayer, Jennifer L., Hannent, Ian, Heaton, Pamela F.·2016·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
DOI 10.1007/s10803-014-2207-6
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Whilst enhanced perception has been widely reported in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), relatively little is known about the developmental trajectory and impact of atypical auditory processing on speech perception in intellectually high-functioning adults with ASD. This paper presents data on perception of complex tones and speech pitch in adult participants with high-functioning ASD and typical development, and compares these with pre-existing data using the same paradigm with groups of children and adolescents with and without ASD. As perceptual processing abnormalities are likely to influence behavioural performance, regression analyses were carried out on the adult data set. The findings revealed markedly different pitch discrimination trajectories and language correlates across diagnostic groups. While pitch discrimination increased with age and correlated with receptive vocabulary in groups without ASD, it was enhanced in childhood and stable across development in ASD. Pitch discrimination scores did not correlate with receptive vocabulary scores in the ASD group and for adults with ASD superior pitch perception was associated with sensory atypicalities and diagnostic measures of symptom severity. We conclude that the development of pitch discrimination, and its associated mechanisms markedly distinguish those with and without ASD.

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Authors
Mayer, J. L., Hannent, I., & Heaton, P. F.
Affiliations
Goldsmiths University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Mayer, Jennifer L.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2014-08-09
Volume
46
Issue
5
Pages
1562-1573
ISSN
  • 0162-3257 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-3432
DOI
10.1007/s10803-014-2207-6
OpenAlex
W1968527137
Cited by
42
References
5
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Goldsmiths (University of London) (acceptedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, pitch discrimination, speech perception, auditory processing, developmental trajectories, high-functioning adults, complex tones, receptive vocabulary, symptom severity
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Child Development, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pitch Perception, Speech, Speech Perception, Cohort Studies

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