Spoken word recognition in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and specific language impairment

Tom Loucas*, Nick Riches, Gillian Baird, Andrew Pickles, Emily Simonoff, Susie Chandler, Tony Charman

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Abstract

Spoken word recognition, during gating, appears intact in specific language impairment (SLI). This study used gating to investigate the process in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders plus language impairment (ALI). Adolescents with ALI, SLI, and typical language development (TLD), matched on nonverbal IQ listened to gated words that varied in frequency (low/high) and number of phonological onset neighbors (low/high density). Adolescents with ALI required more speech input to initially identify low-frequency words with low competitor density than those with SLI and those with TLD, who did not differ. These differences may be due to less well specified word form representations in ALI.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)301-322
Number of pages22
JournalAPPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Volume34
Issue number2
Early online date21 Dec 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2013

Keywords

  • SPEECH-PERCEPTION
  • PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN
  • GATING PARADIGM
  • INDIVIDUALS
  • FREQUENCY
  • COMPREHENSION
  • PREVALENCE
  • ABILITY
  • UPDATE
  • ADULTS

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