Philippa James, Erin Schafer, Jace Wolfe, Lauren Matthews, Stephanie Browning, Jacob Oleson, Eldon Sorensen, Gary Rance, Lucy Shiels, Andrea Dunn
INTRODUCTION: Auditory challenges are both common and disruptive for autistic children and evidence suggests that listening difficulties may be linked to academic underachievement (Ashburner, Ziviani & Rodger, 2008). Such deficits may also contribute to issues with attention, behavior, and communication (Ashburner et al., 2008; Riccio, Cohen, Garrison & Smith, 2005). The present study aims to summarize the auditory challenges of autistic children with normal pure-tone hearing thresholds, and perceived listening difficulties, seen at auditory-ASD clinics in the US and Australia...
September 2022: Journal of Communication Disorders