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An Acoustic Characterization of Prosodic Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder and First-Degree Relatives.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 1 Aug 2020
Patel Shivani P, Nayar Kritika, Martin Gary E, Franich Kathryn, Crawford Stephanie, Diehl Joshua J, Losh Molly
Abstract excerpt
This study examined prosody through characterization of acoustic properties of the speech of individuals with ASD and their parents, during narration. A subset of utterances were low-pass filtered and rated for differences in intonation, speech rate, and rhythm. Listener ratings were minimally related to acoustic measures, underscoring the complexity of atypical prosody in ASD. Acoustic analyses revealed greater...
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