Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

CiteULike is a free service for managing and discovering scholarly references - click here to get started.

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Autism
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (23)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kern, J. K.
Right arrow Articles by Schroeder, J. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kern, J. K.
Right arrow Articles by Schroeder, J. L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

The pattern of sensory processing abnormalities in autism

Janet K. Kern

Madhukar H. Trivedi

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Dallas,USA

Carolyn R. Garver

Autism Treatment Center,Dallas,USA

Bruce D. Grannemann

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Dallas,USA

Alonzo A. Andrews

Autism Treatment Center,San Antonio, USA

Jayshree S. Savla

Danny G. Johnson

Jyutika A. Mehta

Jennifer L. Schroeder

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center,Dallas,USA

The study was undertaken to evaluate the nature of sensory dysfunction in persons with autism. The cross-sectional study examined auditory, visual, oral, and touch sensory processing, as measured by the Sensory Profile, in 104 persons with a diagnosis of autism, 3–56 years of age, gender-and age-matched to community controls. Persons with autism had abnormal auditory, visual, touch, and oral sensory processing that was significantly different from controls. This finding was also apparent when the high and low thresholds of these modalities were examined separately. At later ages for the group with autism, lower levels of abnormal sensory processing were found, except for low threshold touch, which did not improve significantly. There was a significant interaction in low threshold auditory and low threshold visual, suggesting that the two groups change differently over time on these variables. These results suggest that sensory abnormalities in autism are global in nature (involving several modalities) but have the potential to improve with age.

Key Words: autism • sensory processing • Sensory Profile

Autism, Vol. 10, No. 5, 480-494 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1362361306066564
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Phil Trans R Soc BHome page
S. Baron-Cohen, E. Ashwin, C. Ashwin, T. Tavassoli, and B. Chakrabarti
Talent in autism: hyper-systemizing, hyper-attention to detail and sensory hypersensitivity
Phil Trans R Soc B, May 27, 2009; 364(1522): 1377 - 1383.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 AutismHome page
L. Crane, L. Goddard, and L. Pring
Sensory processing in adults with autism spectrum disorders
Autism, May 1, 2009; 13(3): 215 - 228.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Biol. Chem.Home page
S. Xu, P. D. Witmer, S. Lumayag, B. Kovacs, and D. Valle
MicroRNA (miRNA) Transcriptome of Mouse Retina and Identification of a Sensory Organ-specific miRNA Cluster
J. Biol. Chem., August 24, 2007; 282(34): 25053 - 25066.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 AutismHome page
J. K. Kern, M. H. Trivedi, B. D. Grannemann, C. R. Garver, D. G. Johnson, A. A. Andrews, J. S. Savla, J. A. Mehta, and J. L. Schroeder
Sensory correlations in autism
Autism, March 1, 2007; 11(2): 123 - 134.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Focus Autism Other Dev DisablHome page
M. A. Winter-Messiers, C. M. Herr, C. E. Wood, A. P. Brooks, M. A. M. Gates, T. L. Houston, and K. I. Tingstad
How Far Can Brian Ride the Daylight 4449 Express?: A Strength-Based Model of Asperger Syndrome Based on Special Interest Areas
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, January 1, 2007; 22(2): 67 - 79.
[Abstract] [PDF]