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Aversion, awareness, and attraction: investigating claims of hyperacusis in the Williams syndrome phenotype.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 May 2005
Levitin Daniel J, Cole Kristen, Lincoln Alan, Bellugi Ursula
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BACKGROUND: Williams syndrome (WS), a neurodevelopmental disorder, is characterized by pervasive cognitive deficits alongside a relative sparing of auditory perception and cognition. A frequent characteristic of the phenotype is adverse reactions to, and/or fascination with, certain sounds. Previously published reports indicate that people with WS experience hyperacusis, yet careful examination reveals that the...
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