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    Sensory abnormalities : the effects of auditory hypersensitivity on children with autism

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    Nic Bhradaigh, Fionnuala
    Date
    2006
    Degree
    BA in Psychology
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10788/827
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    Dublin Business School
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    Abstract
    Forty percent of children with autism display auditory hypersensitivity (Rimland & Edelson, 1995). Constant high-pitched, unpredictable abrupt and confusing multifarious noises evoke pain behaviours in children with autism. Three noise samples were played at three levels of sound intensity (dB) measured on a sound level meter. This experiment aims to identify which type and what level of noise (dB) evokes the most incidents of pain behaviour. Participants (N= 12) varied in degree of low and high functioning autism across the spectrum. A repeated measures design was employed with descriptive analysis of results. Forty two percent of the current study displayed auditory hypersensitivity. A notable level of auditory hypersensitivity in children with autism was concluded.
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