Dichotic listening training in children with autism spectrum disorder: A single subject design.

Dichotic listening training in children with autism spectrum disorder: A single subject design.

Int J Audiol. 2015 Dec;54(12):991-6

Authors: Denman I, Banajee M, Hurley A

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Previous research has shown that dichotic listening training has improved auditory and language processing for individuals with large interaural asymmetries on dichotic listening tasks. This training can be a useful treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
DESIGN: A single subject, multiple baseline across subjects study was utilized.
STUDY SAMPLE: Three children with ASD, between the ages of 8-12, participated in the study.
RESULTS: This training demonstrated improvement in language and auditory processing tasks following completion of up to twelve weeks of auditory training.
CONCLUSION: This study supports the idea that deficit specific, dichotic auditory training can remediate auditory and language deficits for children with ASD. More research is needed, with a group design and controls, in order to generalize these results to the larger ASD population.

PMID: 26642894 [PubMed - in process]

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