Brain Sciences (Dec 2021)

Towards-Person Vocalization Effect on Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Context of Frustration

  • Min Feng,
  • Mengyao Zhai,
  • Juncai Xu,
  • Ning Ding,
  • Nana Qiu,
  • Huan Shao,
  • Peiying Jin,
  • Xiaoyan Ke

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11121651
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 12
p. 1651

Abstract

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the vocalization characteristics of infants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the context of frustration. The duration and frequency of vocalization in 48 infants with ASD and 65 infants with typical development (TD) were followed up to 24 months later for subsequent diagnosis. The typical vocalizations of infants with ASD were retrospectively analyzed, such as speech-like vocalizations, nonspeech vocalizations, vocalizations towards the person and non-social vocalizations. The results showed that, compared with the TD group, vocalizations of infants with ASD during the still-face period had lower typical vocalizations and characteristics associated with social intention, and that these characteristics were closely related to the clinical symptoms of ASD, among which vocalizations towards the person accompanied by social intention had discriminative efficacy.

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