Background/Objectives: The prevalence of the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been increasing globally, necessitating updates to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders with respect to ASD diagnosis. It is now recognised that ASD is related to sensory processing disorder, and sensory integration is considered a suitable intervention for treating children diagnosed with ASD. Methods: This paper provides a systematic review on a timeline from 2013 to 2023, based on the PRISMA model. Evidence was sought in the academic search engines Pubmed, Scielo, Eric, Dialnet, Springer, Base Search and Google Scholar, which produced 16 articles according to the inclusion criteria. Results: According to the results of this review, intervention with sensory integration in infants with ASD meets the criteria to be considered an evidence-based practice. The studies reviewed focused mainly on clinical settings and, therefore, we highlight the urgent need for further research to evaluate the effectiveness of sensory integration interventions in naturalistic settings such as homes and schools. Conclusions: This will help to obtain more representative data on how these interventions affect the daily lives of children with ASD.
1 January 2017 in Research in Developmental Disabilities
This paper aims at providing a methodological answer to the topic of voice stability. Seventeen experimental subjects read a standard text 5 times during a 2-week period. The data were obtained through the Long-Term Average Spectrum and were analyzed with a twofold procedure: (i) analysis of the absolute energy values at different frequency points throughout the length of the spectrum, and (ii) analysis of the relative values obtained by subtraction of each of two consecutive frequency values analyzed. The results obtained with the first procedure indicate that the differences that exist between the various sessions are centered mainly in the frequencies below 0.6 kHz and in the area of 4 kHz, following a linear tendency. The fact that the differences between sessions disappear when employing relative measures may indicate that the utilization of these measures eliminates the sources of systematic or aleatoric error can be introduced during a recording or in the period of time between two consecutive recording sessions.
1 August 2019 in Learning and Individual Differences