title: A novel technological approach towards the early diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders.
abstract: In this work, a novel technological approach to the early diagnosis of neuro-developmental disorders is presented. Disorders such as Autism are typically diagnosed after language development, i.e. after the 2-3 years of age. In this paper, three different typologies of instruments are presented which are designed to assess infants behavior in different perceptual and motor domains. The first is an instrumented toy embedding kinematic and force sensors for studying grasping and manipulation in infants as young as 6 months old. The second is a wearable device for sensing the kinematics of the upper and lower limbs of infants, designed to assess spontaneous movements in premature babies. The third is a multimodal audio-visuo-vestibular cap which was designed to assess infants orienting behaviors in social situations in response to audio and visual stimuli.
authors.affiliation: Campus Bio-Medico University in Rome - 00128 Italy. d.campolo@unicampus.it
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Campolo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taffoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schiavone
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laschi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guglielmelli
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014159:Transducers