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    Spontaneous Generation of Unconventional Language and Its Link with Grammatical Performance in Chinese Adults With and Without ASD

    This study investigated the generation of unconventional language in the spontaneous speech of Chinese adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and how it was related to their grammatical performance, when ...

    Zixuan Wu, Cherry Lam, Carol K. S. To in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2024)

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    Brief Report: Atypical Temporal Sensitivity in Coarticulation in Autism: Evidence from Sibilant–Vowel Interaction in Cantonese

    Atypicalities in the prosodic aspects of speech are commonly considered in clinical assessments of autism. While there is an increasing number of studies using objective measures to assess prosodic deficits, s...

    Alan C. L. Yu, Robert McAllister in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord… (2024)

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    Lifelong Tone Language Experience does not Eliminate Deficits in Neural Encoding of Pitch in Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Atypical pitch processing is a feature of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which affects non-tone language speakers’ communication. Lifelong auditory experience has been demonstrated to modify genetically-predi...

    Joseph C. Y. Lau, Carol K. S. To in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord… (2021)

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    Temporal Coordination and Prosodic Structure in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Timing Across Speech and Non-speech Motor Domains

    Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often exhibit disordered speech prosody, but sources of disordered prosody remain poorly understood. We explored patterns of temporal alignment and prosodic grou...

    Kathryn Franich, Hung Yat Wong in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disord… (2021)

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    Do Individuals with High-Functioning Autism Who Speak a Tone Language Show Intonation Deficits?

    This study investigated whether intonation deficits were observed in 19 Cantonese-speaking adults with high-functioning autism (HFA) when compared to 19 matched neurotypical (NT) controls. This study also inve...

    Kary K. L. Chan, Carol K. S. To in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2016)