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JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Volume 42, Issue 4, Pages 499-511Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-011-1264-3
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High-functioning autism; Expressive prosody; Acoustic measurements; Pitch variability; Perceptual judgments
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Are there consistent markers of atypical prosody in speakers with high functioning autism (HFA) compared to typically-developing speakers? We examined: (1) acoustic measurements of pitch range, mean pitch and speech rate in conversation, (2) perceptual ratings of conversation for these features and overall prosody, and (3) acoustic measurements of speech from a structured task. Increased pitch range was found in speakers with HFA during both conversation and structured communication. In global ratings listeners rated speakers with HFA as having atypical prosody. Although the HFA group demonstrated increased acoustic pitch range, listeners did not rate speakers with HFA as having increased pitch variation. We suggest that the quality of pitch variation used by speakers with HFA was non-conventional and thus not registered as such by listeners.
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