The discrimination of object names and object sounds in children with autism: a procedure for teaching verbal comprehension.
We assessed whether 2 preschoolers with autism learned to discriminate between the sounds of musical instruments more rapidly than the spoken names of the instruments. After the children learned the sound-object relations more rapidly than the name-object relations, we then evaluated a prompt-delay procedure for transferring stimulus control from the sounds to the names of the instruments. The prompt-delay procedure facilitated the acquisition of name-object relations for both children.
Eikeseth
Svein
S
Akershus University College, 2001 Lillestrom, Norway. svein.eikeseth@hiak.no
Hayward
Diane W
DW
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music; D009275:Names; D013016:Sound; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*