Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers
From the time of birth, a newborn is continuously exposed and naturally attracted to human voices, and as he grows, he becomes increasingly responsive to these speech stimuli, which are strong drivers for his language development and knowledge acquisition about the world. In contrast, young children...
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| description | From the time of birth, a newborn is continuously exposed and naturally attracted to human voices, and as he grows, he becomes increasingly responsive to these speech stimuli, which are strong drivers for his language development and knowledge acquisition about the world. In contrast, young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often insensitive to human voices, failing to orient and respond to them. Failure to attend to speech in turn results in altered development of language and social-communication skills. Here, we review the critical role of orienting to speech in ASD, as well as the neural substrates of human voice processing. Recent functional neuroimaging and electroencephalography studies demonstrate that aberrant voice processing could be a promising marker to identify ASD very early on. With the advent of refined brain imaging methods, coupled with the possibility of screening infants and toddlers, predictive brain function biomarkers are actively being examined and are starting to emerge. Their timely identification might not only help to differentiate between phenotypes, but also guide the clinicians in setting up appropriate therapies, and better predicting or quantifying long-term outcome. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc149ec32a3a41b4bcddea8ee55468512022-12-22T03:10:12ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2016-08-011010.3389/fnins.2016.00393203206Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkersHolger Franz Sperdin0Marie Schaer1Marie Schaer2University of Geneva School of MedicineUniversity of Geneva School of MedicineStanford University School of MedicineFrom the time of birth, a newborn is continuously exposed and naturally attracted to human voices, and as he grows, he becomes increasingly responsive to these speech stimuli, which are strong drivers for his language development and knowledge acquisition about the world. In contrast, young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often insensitive to human voices, failing to orient and respond to them. Failure to attend to speech in turn results in altered development of language and social-communication skills. Here, we review the critical role of orienting to speech in ASD, as well as the neural substrates of human voice processing. Recent functional neuroimaging and electroencephalography studies demonstrate that aberrant voice processing could be a promising marker to identify ASD very early on. With the advent of refined brain imaging methods, coupled with the possibility of screening infants and toddlers, predictive brain function biomarkers are actively being examined and are starting to emerge. Their timely identification might not only help to differentiate between phenotypes, but also guide the clinicians in setting up appropriate therapies, and better predicting or quantifying long-term outcome.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00393/fullVoiceEEGMRIauditory processinglanguage developmentInfant |
| spellingShingle | Holger Franz Sperdin Marie Schaer Marie Schaer Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers Frontiers in Neuroscience Voice EEG MRI auditory processing language development Infant |
| title | Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers |
| title_full | Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers |
| title_fullStr | Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers |
| title_short | Aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism: new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers |
| title_sort | aberrant development of speech processing in young children with autism new insights from neuroimaging biomarkers |
| topic | Voice EEG MRI auditory processing language development Infant |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2016.00393/full |
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