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Title: | Categorical perception of pitch contours and voice onset time in mandarin-speaking adolescents with autism spectrum disorders | Authors: | Chen, F Peng, G |
Issue Date: | Nov-2021 | Source: | Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Nov. 2021, v. 64, no. 11, p. 4468-4484 | Abstract: | Purpose: Previous studies have shown enhanced pitch and impaired time perception in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). However, it remains unclear whether such deviated patterns of auditory processing depending on acoustic dimensions would transfer to the higher level linguistic pitch and time processing. In this study, we compared the categorical perception (CP) of lexical tones and voice onset time (VOT) in Mandarin Chinese, which utilize pitch and time changes, respectively, to convey phonemic contrasts. Method: The data were collected from 22 Mandarin-speaking adolescents with ASD and 20 age-matched neurotypical controls. In addition to the identification and discrimination tasks to test CP performance, all the participants were evaluated with their language ability and phonological working memory. Linear mixed-effects models were constructed to evaluate the identification and discrimination scores across different groups and conditions. Results: The basic CP pattern of cross-boundary benefit when perceiving both native lexical tones and VOT was largely preserved in high-functioning adolescents with ASD. The degree of CP of lexical tones in ASD was similar to that in typical controls, whereas the degree of CP of VOT in ASD was greatly reduced. Furthermore, the degree of CP of lexical tones correlated with language ability and digit span in ASD participants. Conclusions: These findings suggest that the unbalanced acoustic processing capacities for pitch and time can be generalized to the higher level linguistic processing in ASD. Furthermore, the hi gher degree of CP of l exi cal tones correlated with better language ability in Mandarin-speaking individuals with ASD. |
Publisher: | American Speech - Language - Hearing Association | Journal: | Journal of speech, language, and hearing research | ISSN: | 1092-4388 | EISSN: | 1558-9102 | DOI: | 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00725 | Rights: | Copyright © 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association The following publication Chen, F., & Peng, G. (2021). Categorical Perception of Pitch Contours and Voice Onset Time in Mandarin-Speaking Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(11), 4468-4484 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00725. The Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research is available at https://pubs.asha.org/journal/jslhr. |
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