title: Dichotic listening training in children with autism spectrum disorder: A single subject design.
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).
  
  
  METHODS
  A single subject, multiple baseline across subjects study was utilized.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: a Communication Disorders , LSU Health Sciences Center , New Orleans , USA.
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Denman
authors.affiliation: a Communication Disorders , LSU Health Sciences Center , New Orleans , USA.
authors.forename: Meher
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banajee
authors.affiliation: a Communication Disorders , LSU Health Sciences Center , New Orleans , USA.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hurley
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D013067:Speech Perception
keywords: Anatomy and physiology; behavioral measures; pediatric; speech perception