First Advisor

Mary E. Gordon

Term of Graduation

Spring 1979

Date of Publication

5-4-1979

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication: Speech and Hearing Sciences

Department

Speech Communication

Language

English

Subjects

Autism, Sensory discrimination

DOI

10.15760/etd.2906

Physical Description

1 online resource (3, viii, 63 pages)

Abstract

A review of the literature indicated that not all of the research in the area of overselectivity of autistic children has been in agreement. It does seem evident that some autistic children overselect. This could be the result of an attentional factor or a modality preference. This has important implications for the education of autistic children. In the light of the inconsistency of autistic children's reactions to sensory stimuli this investigator believed there was a need to determine if overselection is consistent before referring to the overselected modality as a preferred modality or comparing overselected modalities with the child's mode of communication (manual or speech).

This investigation constituted a replication of the methodology of Krug et al. (1978). The major difference in this investigation was it was conducted on two days for comparison of results over time. The study by Krug et al. was conducted on one day. In this investigation no comparison was made with the child's mode of communication.

The questions posed by this study were:

  1. Does an autistic child consistently exhibit overselection or the absence of overselection two times over a period of seven days, as indicated by measuring the latency of response to the different stimulus modalities?
  2. Does an autistic child overselect the same modality, two times over a period of seven days, as indicated by measuring the latency of response to the different stimulus modalities?

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A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Speech Communication: with an Emphasis in Speech Pathology/Audiology.

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