Central Auditory Nervous System Dysfunction in Echolalic Autistic Individuals.

Wetherby, Amy Miller; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ252293

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981-Sep

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Central Auditory Nervous System Dysfunction in Echolalic Autistic Individuals.

Wetherby, Amy Miller; And Others

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, v24 n3 p420-29 Sep 1981

The results showed that all the Ss had normal hearing on the monaural speech tests; however, there was indication of central auditory nervous system dysfunction in the language dominant hemisphere, inferred from the dichotic tests, for those Ss displaying echolalia. (Author)

Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Autism, Echolalia, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Neurological Organization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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