School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University, 2001 Av. McGill College #8, H3A 1G1, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Department of Psychology, McGill University, 2001 Av. McGill College #4, H3A 1G1, Montréal, QC, Canada.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2024 Apr;54(4):1438-1452. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05872-w. Epub 2023 Jan 13.
Autistic children with limited spoken language ability (LSLA) often do not respond to traditional interventions, reducing their social inclusion. It is essential to identify effective interventions, and sensitive measures to track their intervention response.
Using data from an RCT comparing music-mediated and play-based interventions, we investigated the impact of spoken language ability on outcomes, and measured response to intervention through natural language sample measures.
Children with lower verbal IQ, relative to higher verbal IQ, made some greater gains over the course of music-mediated intervention. Natural language samples were helpful in characterizing communication and tracking change.
Music-mediated interventions hold promise as effective interventions for autistic children with LSLA. Natural language samples are robust in characterizing this subgroup.
语言能力有限的自闭症儿童（LSLA）通常对传统干预措施没有反应，从而降低了他们的社会融入度。因此，识别有效的干预措施并采用敏感的措施来跟踪他们的干预反应至关重要。
本研究使用了一项 RCT 的数据，该 RCT 比较了音乐介导和基于游戏的干预措施，我们调查了语言能力对结果的影响，并通过自然语言样本测量来衡量干预反应。
相对于高语言智商的儿童，语言智商较低的儿童在音乐介导干预过程中取得了一些更大的进步。自然语言样本有助于描述沟通并跟踪变化。
音乐介导干预措施有望成为 LSLA 自闭症儿童的有效干预措施。自然语言样本在描述这个亚组方面非常有效。
