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Pedantic speaking style differentiates Asperger syndrome from high-functioning autism . Asperger syndrome ( AS ) is a pervasive developmental disorder recently introduced as a new diagnostic category in the ICD-10 and the DSM-IV . Along with motor clumsiness , pedantic speech has been proposed as a clinical feature of AS . However , few attempts have been made to define and measure this symptom . We studied 17 patients with AS ( ICD-10 ; 14 male , 3 female ; mean age 16.4 years , mean full-scale IQ 97 ) and compared them with a control group of 13 patients with normal-intelligence autism or high-functioning autism ( HFA ) ( ICD-10/DSM-III-R ; 12 male , 1 female ; mean age 15.5 years , mean full-scale IQ 81.2 ) . An operational definition of pedantic speech was formulated and a rating scale devised . 13 ( 76 % ) of the AS patients were rated as pedantic compared to 4 ( 31 % ) of the HFA group ( chi 2 = 6.3 ; p = .01 ) . Results suggest that pedantic speech is common in AS and may help differentiate AS from high-functioning autism .
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Intervention_Educational
Pedantic speaking
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Intervention_Educational
pedantic speech
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Intervention_Other
pedantic
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Intervention_Educational
pedantic speech
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Outcome_Mental
differentiate AS from high-functioning autism
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Participant_Sample-size
17
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Participant_Condition
AS
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Participant_Sex
14 male
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Participant_Sex
3 female
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Participant_Age
mean age 16.4 years
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Participant_Sample-size
13
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Participant_Condition
normal-intelligence autism
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Participant_Condition
high-functioning autism ( HFA )
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Participant_Sex
12 male
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Participant_Sex
1 female
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Participant_Age
mean age 15.5 years
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Participant_Condition
AS
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Participant_Condition
HFA