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Auditory discrimination and auditory sensory behaviours in autism spectrum disorders
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It has been hypothesised that auditory processing may be enhanced in autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We tested auditory discrimination ability in 72 adolescents with ASD (39 childhood autism; 33 other ASD) and 57 IQ and age-matched controls, assessing their capacity for successful discrimination of the frequency, intensity and duration differences in pairs of sounds. At the group level, auditory discrimination ability did not differ between the adolescents with and without ASD. However, we found a subgroup of 20% of individuals in the ASD group who showed 'exceptional' frequency discrimination skills (defined as 1.65 SDs above the control mean) and who were characterised by average intellectual ability and delayed language onset. Auditory sensory behaviours (i.e. behaviours in response to auditory sensory input) are common in ASD and we hypothesised that these would relate to auditory discrimination ability. For the ASD group, poor performers on the intensity discrimination task reported more auditory sensory behaviours associated with coping with loudness levels. Conversely, those who performed well on the duration discrimination task reported more auditory sensory behaviours across the full range measured. Frequency discrimination ability did not associate with auditory sensory behaviours. We therefore conclude that (i) enhanced frequency discrimination is present in around 1 in 5 individuals with ASD and may represent a specific phenotype; and (ii) individual differences in auditory discrimination ability in ASD may influence the expression of auditory sensory behaviours by modulating the degree to which sounds are detected or missed in the environment.
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“In processing the simple features of an auditory signal, such as its loudness, children with ASD often show intact performance (Bonnel et al., 2010; Jones et al., 2009)”
From Behavioral, Perceptual, and Neural Alterations in Sensory and Multisensory Function in Autism Spectrum Disorder (2015) · cites this paper as Jones et al., 2009
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- Authors
- Jones, C. R. G., Happé, F., Baird, G., Simonoff, E., Marsden, A. J. S., Tregay, J., Phillips, R. J., Goswami, U., Thomson, J. M., & Charman, T.
- Affiliations
- University of London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Charman, Tony
- Venue
- Neuropsychologia
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-11
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 13
- Pages
- 2850-2858
- ISSN
- 0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2094644322
- Cited by
- 262
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 6.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- IOE EPrints (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) (submittedVersion)
- Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
- Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Williams Syndrome Research
- Keywords
- autism spectrum disorder, auditory discrimination, frequency discrimination, intensity discrimination, duration discrimination, auditory processing, individual differences, autism phenotype, adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Acoustic Stimulation, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Auditory Threshold, Child, Child Development Disorders, Pervasive, Discrimination, Psychological, Female, Humans, Male
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