Accuracy of the language environment analysis system segmentation and metrics: A systematic review

A Cristia, F Bulgarelli, E Bergelson - Journal of Speech, Language, and …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose The Language Environment Analysis (LENA) system provides automated
measures facilitating clinical and nonclinical research and interventions on language …

[HTML][HTML] Drug development for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): progress, challenges, and future directions

JT McCracken, E Anagnostou, C Arango… - European …, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2017, facing lack of progress and failures encountered in targeted drug development for
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and related neurodevelopmental disorders, the ISCTM …

Vocal development in a large‐scale crosslinguistic corpus

M Cychosz, A Cristia, E Bergelson… - Developmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study evaluates whether early vocalizations develop in similar ways in children across
diverse cultural contexts. We analyze data from daylong audio recordings of 49 children (1 …

Eliciting Language Samples for Analysis (ELSA): A new protocol for assessing expressive language and communication in autism

MD Barokova, C La Valle, S Hassan, C Lee… - Autism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Expressive language and communication are among the key targets of interventions for
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and natural language samples provide an …

Pre-and paralinguistic vocal production in ASD: Birth through school age

LD Yankowitz, RT Schultz, J Parish-Morris - Current psychiatry reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We review what is known about how pre-linguistic vocal
differences in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) unfold across development and consider …

Remote natural language sampling of parents and children with autism spectrum disorder: Role of activity and language level

LK Butler, C La Valle, S Schwartz, JB Palana… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Natural language sampling (NLS) is a common methodology in research and clinical
practice used to evaluate a child's spontaneous spoken language in a naturalistic context …

Conversation initiation of mothers, fathers, and toddlers in their natural home environment

M VanDam, L Thompson, E Wilson-Fowler… - Computer speech & …, 2022 - Elsevier
In a conversational exchange, interlocutors use social cues including conversational turn-
taking to communicate. There has been attention in the literature concerning how mothers …

Objective measurement of vocalizations in the assessment of autism spectrum disorder symptoms in preschool age children

JM Moffitt, YA Ahn, S Custode, Y Tao… - Autism …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Assessment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relies on expert clinician observation and
judgment, but objective measurement tools have the potential to provide additional …

Assessing communication in children with autism spectrum disorder who are minimally verbal

D Trembath, J Paynter, R Sutherland… - Current developmental …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose of review Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are minimally verbal
may often require timely and tailored intervention to optimize their short-and long-term …

Social language opportunities for preschoolers with autism: Insights from audio recordings in urban classrooms

EF Ferguson, AS Nahmias, S Crabbe, T Liu… - …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Many children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who receive early intervention reap
developmental benefits, but little is known about characteristics of early intervention …