Speech Perception in Quiet and in the Presence of Noise in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Behavioral Study

Apeksha, Kumari; Hanasoge, Sowmya; Jain, Pratham; Babu, Saraswathi Surendra

doi:10.1007/s12070-023-03721-5

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“…Hence, the results of the present study showed that children with ASD had difficulties in speech perception in noise with temporal dips, which is consistent with previous studies. Previous studies have also indicated that children with ASD have difficulties in speech perception in vocal noise with temporal dips (Apeksha et al, 2023;James et al, 2022;Schafer et al, 2020). The present study indicates that children with ASD have difficulties perceiving speech also in non-vocal noise with temporal dips.…”

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“…This result supports our first hypothesis that children with ASD have greater difficulty perceiving speech in noise than children without ASD. Previous studies have shown that children (Apeksha et al, 2023;James et al, 2022;Schafer et al, 2020) and adults (Alcántara et al, 2004;Groen et al, 2009;Schelinski & von Kriegstein, 2020)…”

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“…Difficulties in speech perception in background noise among children and adults with ASD have been demonstrated in some experimental studies (Alcántara et al, 2004;Apeksha et al, 2023;Groen et al, 2009;James et al, 2022;Schafer et al, 2020;Schelinski & von Kriegstein, 2020). Individuals with ASD have lower performance than typically developed individuals on the speech-in-noise test, which measures speech perception ability in background noise, particularly in noise with temporal dips (Alcántara et al, 2004;Groen et al, 2009).…”

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Difficulties perceiving speech in (non-)social noise in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

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Imaizumi

2024

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Difficulties in speech perception in noise are common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and may be associated with an attentional bias toward non-social stimuli. Although our previous study failed to find an interactive effect of (non-)social noise on the relationship between autistic traits and speech-in-noise perception difficulties, this effect could be observed in children with ASD who have greater attentional bias than individuals with high autistic traits in the general population. In this context, the present study tested two hypotheses: (1) children with ASD show greater difficulty perceiving speech in noise than children without ASD, and (2) they experience greater difficulty perceiving speech in non-vocal noise than in vocal noise. Participants were asked to detect words embedded in vocal and non-vocal background noise. Children with ASD had greater difficulties in speech perception in noise than children without ASD, supporting the first hypothesis. This group difference was not explained by performance in speech perception in silence or hypersensitivity to noise. However, the second hypothesis was not supported, which is consistent with the results of our previous study. These results suggest that autistic traits other than attentional bias toward non-vocal sounds explain the difficulties in speech perception in noise.

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Difficulties perceiving speech in (non-)social noise in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Tsuji,

Imaizumi

2024

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“…However, we did not find a significant effect of the type of background noise or interaction between the two factors. Previous studies showed that children 21 , 22 and adults 19 , 20 , 23 with ASD have a lower ability to perceive speech in noisy environments than typically developed individuals. A trend favoring our first hypothesis, that the higher the autistic traits, the lower the performance on the speech-in-noise test, is partially consistent with these studies.…”

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Autistic traits and speech perception in social and non-social noises

Tsuji,

Imaizumi

2024

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Individuals with the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience difficulties in perceiving speech in background noises with temporal dips; they also lack social orienting. We tested two hypotheses: (1) the higher the autistic traits, the lower the performance in the speech-in-noise test, and (2) individuals with high autistic traits experience greater difficulty in perceiving speech, especially in the non-vocal noise, because of their attentional bias toward non-vocal sounds. Thirty-eight female Japanese university students participated in an experiment measuring their ability to perceive speech in the presence of noise. Participants were asked to detect Japanese words embedded in vocal and non-vocal background noises with temporal dips. We found a marginally significant effect of autistic traits on speech perception performance, suggesting a trend that favors the first hypothesis. However, caution is needed in this interpretation because the null hypothesis is not rejected. No significant interaction was found between the types of background noise and autistic traits, indicating that the second hypothesis was not supported. This might be because individuals with high autistic traits in the general population have a weaker attentional bias toward non-vocal sounds than those with ASD or to the explicit instruction given to attend to the target speech.

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Speech Perception in Quiet and in the Presence of Noise in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Behavioral Study

Cited by 2 publications

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Difficulties perceiving speech in (non-)social noise in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Difficulties perceiving speech in (non-)social noise in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder

Autistic traits and speech perception in social and non-social noises

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