Sounds of melody—Pitch patterns of speech in autism

Sharda, Megha; Subhadra, T. Padma; Sahay, Sanchita; Nagaraja, Chetan; Singh, Latika; Mishra, Ramesh Kumar; Sen, Amit; Singhal, Nidhi; Erickson, Donna; Singh, Nandini Chatterjee

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.066

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“…Consistent with previous studies using narratives, reading, picture description, or imitation to elicit language samples (Diehl et al 2009;Edelson et al 2007;Fosnot and Jun 1999;Sharda et al 2010), we found that when compared with typically-developing peers children with HFA, as a group, employed greater pitch range during conversation. Individuals with autism have been reported to display atypicalities in intonation, ranging from monotonous or highly variable (''sing song'') intonation (McCann and Peppé 2003).…”

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“…Findings to date from narrative retelling and picture description tasks vary, with Diehl et al (2009) reporting a non-significant difference in mean pitch production between both younger and older groups of children and adolescents with HFA and typically developing comparison groups, whereas Edelson et al (2007) and Sharda et al (2010) found their HFA group to produce a significantly higher mean pitch than their typical group.…”

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“…Sharda et al (2010) analyzed the speech of 4-to 10-year-old Hindi-English bilinguals, elicited in a picture description task. They found that a group of children with ASD demonstrated increased pitch range and pitch relative to age-matched controls.…”

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Acoustic and Perceptual Measurement of Expressive Prosody in High-Functioning Autism: Increased Pitch Range and What it Means to Listeners

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2011

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Are there consistent markers of atypical prosody in speakers with high functioning autism (HFA) compared to typically-developing speakers? We examined: (1) acoustic measurements of pitch range, mean pitch and speech rate in conversation, (2) perceptual ratings of conversation for these features and overall prosody, and (3) acoustic measurements of speech from a structured task. Increased pitch range was found in speakers with HFA during both conversation and structured communication. In global ratings listeners rated speakers with HFA as having atypical prosody. Although the HFA group demonstrated increased acoustic pitch range, listeners did not rate speakers with HFA as having increased pitch variation. We suggest that the quality of pitch variation used by speakers with HFA was non-conventional and thus not registered as such by listeners.

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Acoustic and Perceptual Measurement of Expressive Prosody in High-Functioning Autism: Increased Pitch Range and What it Means to Listeners

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“…Pela semelhança dessas características com as do parentês -tipo de fala orientada aos bebês, caracterizada por sílabas alongadas, com frequências agudas e modulações de altura que formam um contorno melódico específico (Fernald, 1985) -, Sharda et al (2010) deduzem que essas crianças apresentariam uma trajetória de fala atrasada. Por outro lado, Wing (1996) sugere que aquilo que reconhecemos nessas crianças como sendo uma "outra voz" ou uma "voz especial" poderia ser uma cópia de algo que escutaram ou uma tentativa de provar sons diferentes.…”

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Atualidades na Investigação em Psicologia e Psicanálise

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“…Kleinkinder mit Autismus-SpektrumStörungen und Kinder mit nichtautistischen Entwicklungsverzögerungen zeigten eine deutlich geringere Präferenz der KGS als normal entwickelte Kinder [31], obwohl laut Sharda et al die Sprache von Kindern mit Autismus-Spektrum-Störun-gen zwischen 4 und 10 Jahren selbst viele der oben aufgeführten Merkmale einer KGS trägt [32]. Watsons Untersuchung der KGS in Bezug auf den Fokus der kindlichen Aufmerksamkeit ergab, dass sich sprachliche Äußerungen der Mütter von autistischen Kindern und normal entwickelten Kindern gleich häufig auf Dinge im Fokus der kindlichen Aufmerksamkeit beziehen.…”

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