Université de Montréal psychiatry professor Laurent Mottron has spent his career studying the cognitive processes of people ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder is marked by atypical auditory processing that impacts communication. Individuals often exhibit heightened sensitivity to pitch and enhanced discrimination of acoustic details ...

“I think there is something wrong with his [her] hearing,” is a comment I often hear from parents of children on the spectrum, pertaining to the atypical auditory processing they notice in their loved ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The findings support the efficacy and feasibility of long-term, auditory-based cognitive training for people ...

Ear infections are common in childhood, but they may be more frequent among autistic children. Research suggests ear infections are linked to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses. This doesn’t ...

Supported by a $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Auerbach Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology will examine how different genes associated ...

When a parent brings a child in for a developmental evaluation, the goal is not simply to answer “autism or not.” The ...

Auditory processing disorder (APD) is when the brain cannot interpret sounds correctly. People may also refer to APD as central auditory processing disorder. People with APD may find it difficult to ...