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1. DO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM LISTEN DIFFERENTLY? Written By DR. P. SUMITHA HEMAVATHY (PT) Founder & Director - CAPAAR

2. There has been a myth that autistic children communication and hearing capability. But this is not always true. Recent studies reveal in some cases children having autism do far better in hearing specific thinks than children without autism. lack in development ‘Do children with autism listen differently?’ In one word, the answer to this question is ‘yes’. But it does not mean that such children always perform worse in listening. Even, this can be considered as one of the differences between hearing loss and autism. remarkable normal

4. Yes, children face lots of difficulties interpreting the meaning of the world while making conversation with others or in a social gathering. Sometimes they can understand and interpret each of the pitch, rhythm, and sounds of conversion but with a notable amount of delayed. Due to such an inefficient response time, they find it hard to communicate in gathering or at the place where more than one chatting. it true those autistic people are

5. However, for specific tasks, and mainly in the case of auditory processing tests, such children perform much normal children. I shall give you some real-life surely helps you to understand better. better than example that

6. Buzzing of electricity in the wall. Being a normal individual can you imagine the hearing of noise due to the buzzing of electricity in the wall! Yes, although you can’t believe it, some children with autism reported incident. In actuality, this is the cause why autistic children show over-sensitivity music concert gathering. Due information processing disorder, they can hear a few of the sounds within a noise with more clarity than you. such an to or to the a rock social auditory

7. Continuity error identification. Autistic children are capable of performing better visual and auditory tasks. Oversensitivity to rhythms and pitches helps such children to identify minor to minor slipping of audios in a continuous video, while non- autistic children find the same video smooth.

8. Least distraction. As per the usual understanding, the auditory processing capability of autistic children is a compared to normal children. But this sometimes advantageous. For example, in tasks that information for concentration like one conversation, normal children get easily distracted by the surrounding conversation, views, and chatting. But lower functionality of auditory stimuli of the autistic auditory processing capability to the specific conversation. information bit limited proves demand less limits their

9. Identification of a specific sound from noise. In some auditory processing tests, it has been found that children with autism can easily identify some specific sound from a chaotic mixture of several sounds. In such cases, about 80% of normal completely miss that sound. Even, in some cases, autistic children can better differentiate the roars of lions and tigers. children

10. The overwhelming and unbelievable performance is nothing but the higher perceptual capacity of autistic children. But yes, while such things advantageous in some cases, proves disadvantageous in other cases. However processing therapy can lower the degree of disadvantages. reason behind such become auditory strengthening If you have any further queries, please write to us.

11. Dr. P. Sumitha Hemavathy (PT) Founder & Director (CAPAAR) Centre for Advanced Pediatric And Adult Rehabilitation

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