«For many families of children with autism, the world is simply too loud. A vacuum cleaner, a crowded cafeteria, the hum of fluorescent lighting ...” sounds that most people filter out effortlessly can feel intrusive, even painful.
Now a large study of hundreds of Chinese children has brought new scientific precision to that lived experience, showing that children with autism spectrum disorder who report auditory atypicalities also carry a measurable, distinctive brain response to changes in the duration of sounds, and that this response tracks the severity of their social and developmental difficulties»...
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