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Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Background and Objectives: This systematic review reports the evidence from the literature concerning the potential for using an automated vocal analysis, the Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA, LENA Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, USA) in the screening process for children at risk for autism spe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31426435 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55080495 |
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author | VanDam, Mark Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine |
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description | Background and Objectives: This systematic review reports the evidence from the literature concerning the potential for using an automated vocal analysis, the Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA, LENA Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, USA) in the screening process for children at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH). ASD and D/HH have increased comorbidity, but current behavioral diagnostic and screening tools have limitations. The LENA Language Autism Screen (LLAS) may offer an additional tool to disambiguate ASD from D/HH in young children. Materials and Methods: We examine empirical reports that use automatic vocal analysis methods to differentiate disordered from typically developing children. Results: Consensus across the sampled scientific literature shows support for use of automatic methods for screening and disambiguation of children with ASD and D/HH. There is some evidence of vocal differentiation between ASD, D/HH, and typically-developing children warranting use of the LLAS, but additional empirical evidence is needed to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the tool. Conclusions: The findings reported here warrant further, more substantive, methodologically-sound research that is fully powered to show a reliable difference. Findings may be useful for both clinicians and researchers in better identification and understanding of communication disorders. |
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spelling | pubmed-67231692019-09-10 Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing VanDam, Mark Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine Medicina (Kaunas) Review Background and Objectives: This systematic review reports the evidence from the literature concerning the potential for using an automated vocal analysis, the Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA, LENA Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, USA) in the screening process for children at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH). ASD and D/HH have increased comorbidity, but current behavioral diagnostic and screening tools have limitations. The LENA Language Autism Screen (LLAS) may offer an additional tool to disambiguate ASD from D/HH in young children. Materials and Methods: We examine empirical reports that use automatic vocal analysis methods to differentiate disordered from typically developing children. Results: Consensus across the sampled scientific literature shows support for use of automatic methods for screening and disambiguation of children with ASD and D/HH. There is some evidence of vocal differentiation between ASD, D/HH, and typically-developing children warranting use of the LLAS, but additional empirical evidence is needed to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the tool. Conclusions: The findings reported here warrant further, more substantive, methodologically-sound research that is fully powered to show a reliable difference. Findings may be useful for both clinicians and researchers in better identification and understanding of communication disorders. MDPI 2019-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6723169/ /pubmed/31426435 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55080495 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review VanDam, Mark Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
title | Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
title_full | Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
title_fullStr | Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
title_short | Use of the LENA Autism Screen with Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
title_sort | use of the lena autism screen with children who are deaf or hard of hearing |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31426435 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina55080495 |
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