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The long-term effects of auditory training on children with autism . Eighty children , 3-17 years of age , with autism or Asperger syndrome and mild to severe distress in the presence of some sounds , were randomly allocated to two groups . The experimental group received auditory training and the control group listened to the same unmodified music under the same conditions . Significant improvements in behavior and severity of autism were maintained for 12 months by both groups . Informal data suggested that a range of abnormal responses to sound and other sensory abnormalities may also have improved . Verbal and performance IQ increased significantly 3 to 12 months after interventions . Findings suggest that some aspect of both auditory training and listening to selected unmodified music may have a beneficial effect on children with autism and sound sensitivity , and indicate a need for further research into the effects that led to these changes and the mechanisms involved in the sensory abnormalities commonly associated with autism .
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Intervention_Psychological
auditory training
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Intervention_Psychological
auditory training
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Intervention_Educational
the control group listened to the same
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Intervention_Control
unmodified music
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Intervention_Educational
under the same conditions
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Intervention_Psychological
auditory training
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Intervention_Educational
listening
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Outcome_Mental
behavior and severity of autism
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Outcome_Mental
range of abnormal responses
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Outcome_Mental
sound
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Outcome_Mental
other sensory abnormalities
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Outcome_Mental
Verbal and performance IQ
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Outcome_Other
beneficial effect
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Sample-size
Eighty
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Age
3-17
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Condition
Asperger syndrome
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Participant_Condition
mild to severe distress in the presence of some sounds
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Condition
autism
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Participant_Condition
sound sensitivity