Speech Abilities in a Heterogeneous Group of Children With Autism.
Purpose: This study aimed to provide detailed descriptive information about the speech of a heterogeneous cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to explore whether subgroups exist based on this detailed speech data. High rates of delayed and disordered speech in both low-verbal a...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 64; no. 12; pp. 4599 - 4614 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Dec2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=154172434&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 154172434 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2021 vid: 64 iid: 12 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 154172434 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00651 ppf: 4599 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 956KB tig: atl: Speech Abilities in a Heterogeneous Group of Children With Autism. aug: au: Broome, Kate McCabe, Patricia Docking, Kimberley Doble, Maree Carrigg, Bronwyn affil: Speech Pathology, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia South West Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia su: Autistic children Gesture Children's language Reliability (Personality trait) Human research subjects Informed consent (Medical law) Psychological tests Autism in children Verbal ability Delayed speech Asperger's syndrome in children Research methodology Patient selection Speech evaluation Questionnaires Descriptive statistics Cluster analysis (Statistics) Longitudinal method sug: subj: Autistic children Gesture Children's language Reliability (Personality trait) Human research subjects Informed consent (Medical law) Psychological tests Autism in children Verbal ability Delayed speech Asperger's syndrome in children Research methodology Patient selection Speech evaluation Questionnaires Descriptive statistics Cluster analysis (Statistics) Longitudinal method ab: Purpose: This study aimed to provide detailed descriptive information about the speech of a heterogeneous cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and to explore whether subgroups exist based on this detailed speech data. High rates of delayed and disordered speech in both low-verbal and high-functioning children with ASD have been reported. There is limited information regarding the speech abilities of young children across a range of functional levels. Method: Participants were 23 children aged 2;0-6;11 (years;months) with a diagnosis of ASD. Comprehensive speech and language assessments were administered. Independent and relational speech analyses were conducted from single-word naming tasks and spontaneous speech samples. Hierarchical clustering based on language, nonverbal communication, and spontaneous speech descriptive data was completed. Results: Independent and relational speech analyses are reported. These variables are used in the cluster analyses, which identified three distinct subgroups: (a) children with high language and high speech ability (n = 10), (b) children with low expressive language and low speech ability but higher receptive language and use of gestures (n = 3), and (c) children with low language and low speech development (n = 10). Conclusions: This is the first study to provide detailed descriptive speech data of a heterogeneous cohort of children with ASD and use this information to statistically explore potential subgroups. Clustering suggests a small number of children present with low levels of speech and expressive language in the presence of better receptive language and gestures. This communication profile warrants further exploration. Replicating these findings with a larger cohort of children is needed. Supplemental Material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.16906978 pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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