Learning about neurodiversity from parents - Auditory gestalt perception of prelinguistic vocalisations.
Auditory gestalt perception
Neurodiversity
Parent
Prelinguistic vocalisation
Rett syndrome
Journal
Research in developmental disabilities
ISSN: 1873-3379
Titre abrégé: Res Dev Disabil
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8709782
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
03
03
2023
revised:
11
04
2023
accepted:
17
04
2023
medline:
5
6
2023
pubmed:
28
4
2023
entrez:
27
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Infants with Rett syndrome (RTT) may have subtle anomalies in their prelinguistic vocalisations but the detection of these is difficult, since their conspicuous vocalisations are often interspersed with inconspicuous ones. Extending a previous study with predominantly non-parents, the present study sampled parents of children with RTT and aimed to examine their gestalt perception of prelinguistic vocalisations. Parents (n = 76) of female children with RTT listened to vocalisation recordings from RTT and typically developing (TD) infants, including an inconspicuous vocalisation from a RTT girl. For each recording, parents indicated if the vocalisation was produced by a RTT or a TD child. Overall correct to incorrect identification rate was 2:1, which was comparable to that of the previous study. Intriguingly, parents of RTT children seemed to be sensitive to features characterising the vocalisations of RTT infants, which has especially influenced their perception of the inconspicuous vocalisation from a RTT girl. These results invite further research on the potential characterising differences between vocalisations from TD infants and infants with divergent neurodevelopment.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Infants with Rett syndrome (RTT) may have subtle anomalies in their prelinguistic vocalisations but the detection of these is difficult, since their conspicuous vocalisations are often interspersed with inconspicuous ones.
AIMS AND METHODS
OBJECTIVE
Extending a previous study with predominantly non-parents, the present study sampled parents of children with RTT and aimed to examine their gestalt perception of prelinguistic vocalisations.
METHODS AND PROCEDURE
METHODS
Parents (n = 76) of female children with RTT listened to vocalisation recordings from RTT and typically developing (TD) infants, including an inconspicuous vocalisation from a RTT girl. For each recording, parents indicated if the vocalisation was produced by a RTT or a TD child.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Overall correct to incorrect identification rate was 2:1, which was comparable to that of the previous study. Intriguingly, parents of RTT children seemed to be sensitive to features characterising the vocalisations of RTT infants, which has especially influenced their perception of the inconspicuous vocalisation from a RTT girl.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
CONCLUSIONS
These results invite further research on the potential characterising differences between vocalisations from TD infants and infants with divergent neurodevelopment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37104989
pii: S0891-4222(23)00093-8
doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104515
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104515Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declarations of interest None.