ArticleJournal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR2011
Differential associations between sensory response patterns and language, social, and communication measures in children with autism or other developmental disabilities.
Article in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03388294 (Evaluation of a Novel Intervention for Infants At Risk for Neurodevelopmental Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 88 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of a Novel Intervention for Infants At Risk for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Who cites it
88 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 197 citations in OpenAlex.
- Update of a Meta-analysis of Sensory Symptoms in ASD: A New Decade of Research.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Pooled it
- HD-tDCS effects on social impairment in autism spectrum disorder with sensory processing abnormalities: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Environmental enrichment as a therapy for autism: A clinical trial replication and extension.Behavioral neuroscience · 2015Trial
- An intervention for sensory difficulties in children with autism: a randomized trial.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2014Trial
- Capturing Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Differentiated Sensory Processing Profiles: Non-Syndromic Autism and Fragile X Syndrome.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Tactile hypo-responsivity in autism: Examining potential for diagnostic relevance.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Temperamental Traits and Sensory Responsiveness in Children on the Autism Spectrum: The Moderating Role of Age.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Sensory Reactivity in Children Referred for Autism Evaluation: Associations with Autism Symptoms and Adaptive Skills.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Developmental Impacts of Early Sensory Patterns on School-Age Adaptive, Maladaptive, and Participation Outcomes in Autistic and Non-autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Project ImPACT Reduces Social Hyporesponsiveness and Translates to More Optimal Expressive Language Outcomes in Some Infants at Increased Likelihood of Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Sensory seeking and its influence on sustained attention performance in adult males with Autism Spectrum Condition.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the Usefulness of a Multi-Sensory Environment on Sensory Behaviors in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Differentiating early sensory profiles in toddlers at elevated likelihood of autism and association with later clinical outcome and diagnosis.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Does a high threshold of sensory responsiveness affect the development of pretend play in children on the autism spectrum?Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024Article
- Sensory Profiles in Relation to Later Adaptive Functioning Among Toddlers at High-Familial Likelihood for Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Exploring early life social and executive function development in infants and risk for autism: a prospective cohort study protocol of NICU graduates and infants at risk for cerebral palsy.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Sex differences during development in cortical temporal processing and event related potentials in wild-type and fragile X syndrome model mice.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2024Article
- An observational study of parental language during play and mealtime in toddlers at variable likelihood for autism.Journal of child language · 2024Observational
- Parental Perspectives: How Sensory Sensitivities Impact the Transition to Adulthood in Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Early developmental profiles of sensory features and links to school-age adaptive and maladaptive outcomes: A birth cohort investigation.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine patterns of sensory responsiveness (i.e., hyperresponsiveness, hyporesponsiveness, and sensory seeking) as factors that may account for variability in social-communicative symptoms of autism and variability in language, social, and communication skill development in children with autism or other developmental disabilities (DDs).
methodChildren with autistic disorder (AD; n = 72, mean age = 52.3 months) and other DDs (n = 44, mean age = 48.1 months) participated in a protocol measuring sensory response patterns; social-communicative symptoms of autism; and language, social, and communication skills.
resultsHyporesponsiveness was positively associated with social-communicative symptom severity, with no significant group difference in the association. Hyperresponsiveness was not significantly associated with social-communicative symptom severity. A group difference emerged for sensory seeking and social-communicative symptom severity, with a positive association for the AD group only. For the 2 groups of children combined, hyporesponsiveness was negatively associated with language skills and social adaptive skills. Sensory seeking also was negatively associated with language skills. These associations did not differ between the 2 groups.
conclusionsAberrant sensory processing may play an important role in the pathogenesis of autism and other DDs as well as in the rate of acquisition of language, social, and communication skills.
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