Auditory problems in children and adults with autism
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Research Proposal
Motivation
Speech understanding
Inferior colliculus lesions
Brainstem aphasia
Plan
fMRI of the inferior colliculi
Subjects
Testing strategies
Anticipated results

Working hypotheses
Language areas on fMRI
Effects of asphyxia at birth
Maturation of the brain
Time-table of myelination
Learning to speak "by ear"
Metabolism in the brain
Protective mechanisms
Catastrophic factors
Brainstem damage

References:
Auditory problems in autism
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January 2006
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