Brains of minimally verbal autistic children respond slowly to sound
Several of the brain’s responses to sound are sluggish in autistic children who speak few or no words, compared with those who are verbal.
International Society for Autism Research 2019
Several of the brain’s responses to sound are sluggish in autistic children who speak few or no words, compared with those who are verbal.
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