Autistic children demonstrate measurable sound processing delays

December 1, 2008 DiagnosticImaging.com. Autistic children demonstrate measurable sound processing delays By Christiana Schmitz Magnetoencephalography technology used to study abnormalities in auditory and language processing of autistic children has demonstrated measurable delays, according to a study presented at the RSNA meeting. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation, subjected 64 autism patients, aged six to 15, to audio stimulation in the forms of beeps, tones in pairs, vowels, and sentences. It compared the audio processing time of these children with a control group of age-matched nonautistic children and found a significant delay in processing time.

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