TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological changes in auditory function following training in children with autism spectrum disorders
AU - Russo, Nicole M.
AU - Hornickel, Jane
AU - Nicol, Trent
AU - Zecker, Steven
AU - Kraus, Nina
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH R01 DC01510, the Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and the Hugh Knowles Center of Northwestern University. The authors would like to thank the children and their families who participated in these studies. Additionally, the authors would like to thank Barbara Trommer, M.D., for her consultation on this study and Erika Skoe for her contribution to this research, particularly in technical aspects of data processing and software development.
PY - 2010/10/16
Y1 - 2010/10/16
N2 - Background: Children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), such as children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), often show auditory processing deficits related to their overarching language impairment. Auditory training programs such as Fast ForWord Language may potentially alleviate these deficits through training-induced improvements in auditory processing.Methods: To assess the impact of auditory training on auditory function in children with ASD, brainstem and cortical responses to speech sounds presented in quiet and noise were collected from five children with ASD who completed Fast ForWord training.Results: Relative to six control children with ASD who did not complete Fast ForWord, training-related changes were found in brainstem response timing (three children) and pitch-tracking (one child), and cortical response timing (all five children) after Fast ForWord use.Conclusions: These results provide an objective indication of the benefit of training on auditory function for some children with ASD.
AB - Background: Children with pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), such as children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), often show auditory processing deficits related to their overarching language impairment. Auditory training programs such as Fast ForWord Language may potentially alleviate these deficits through training-induced improvements in auditory processing.Methods: To assess the impact of auditory training on auditory function in children with ASD, brainstem and cortical responses to speech sounds presented in quiet and noise were collected from five children with ASD who completed Fast ForWord training.Results: Relative to six control children with ASD who did not complete Fast ForWord, training-related changes were found in brainstem response timing (three children) and pitch-tracking (one child), and cortical response timing (all five children) after Fast ForWord use.Conclusions: These results provide an objective indication of the benefit of training on auditory function for some children with ASD.
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U2 - 10.1186/1744-9081-6-60
DO - 10.1186/1744-9081-6-60
M3 - Article
C2 - 20950487
AN - SCOPUS:77957924790
VL - 6
JO - Behavioral and Brain Functions
JF - Behavioral and Brain Functions
SN - 1744-9081
M1 - 60
ER -