Proceedings of the 2016 ISNR Conference: Poster Presentations

Background.Autism is a pervasive developmental disorder of childhood characterized by deficits in social interaction, language, and stereotyped behaviors along with a restricted range of interests.It is further marked by an inability to perceive and respond to social and emotional signals in a typical manner.This might due to the deficits of sensory information integration.According to several recent theories, sensory processing and integration abnormalities may play an important role in impairments of perception, cognition, and behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Among these sensory abnormalities auditory perception distortion may contribute to many typical symptoms of Autism.The pilot study used Berard's technique of auditory integration training (AIT, Brockett, Lawton-Shirley, & Giencke-Kimball, 2014) to improve sound integration in children with Autism.It also aimed to understand the abnormal neural and functional mechanisms underlying sound processing distortion in Autism by incorporating behavioral, psychophysiological, and neurophysiological outcomes.