Vocal Patterns in Infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Canonical Babbling Status and Vocalization Frequency

Traduction partielle: G.M.

J Autism Dev Disord. 2014 Jan 31.

Modèles vocaux chez les nourrissons avec des troubles du spectre autistique : Etat du babillage normalisé et fréquence de vocalisation

Patten E, Belardi K, Baranek GT, Watson LR, Labban JD, Oller DK.

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Abstract

Canonical babbling is a critical milestone for speech development and is usually well in place by 10 months. The possibility that infants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show late onset of canonical babbling has so far eluded evaluation. Rate of vocalization or "volubility" has also been suggested as possibly aberrant in infants with ASD. We conducted a retrospective video study examining vocalizations of 37 infants at 9-12 and 15-18 months. Twenty-three of the 37 infants were later diagnosed with ASD and indeed produced low rates of canonical babbling and low volubility by comparison with the 14 typically developing infants.
The study thus supports suggestions that very early vocal patterns may prove to be a useful component of early screening and diagnosis of ASD.

Cette étude soutient donc des propositions selon lesquelles les modèles vocaux très précoces peuvent se révéler un élément utile de dépistage précoce et de diagnostic des TSA .

PMID: 24482292