Interpretation of compound nouns by adolescents with specific language impairment and autism spectrum disorders: An investigation of phenotypic overlap

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick G. Riches ◽  
Tom Loucas ◽  
Gillian Baird ◽  
Tony Charman ◽  
Emily Simonoff
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Compound Nouns ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

scholarly journals Spoken word recognition in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and specific language impairment

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOM LOUCAS ◽  
NICK RICHES ◽  
GILLIAN BAIRD ◽  
ANDREW PICKLES ◽  
EMILY SIMONOFF ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Word Recognition ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Spoken Word Recognition ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
Adolescents With Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorders

ABSTRACTSpoken word recognition, during gating, appears intact in specific language impairment (SLI). This study used gating to investigate the process in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders plus language impairment (ALI). Adolescents with ALI, SLI, and typical language development (TLD), matched on nonverbal IQ listened to gated words that varied in frequency (low/high) and number of phonological onset neighbors (low/high density). Adolescents with ALI required more speech input to initially identify low-frequency words with low competitor density than those with SLI and those with TLD, who did not differ. These differences may be due to less well specified word form representations in ALI.

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