Autism: Alterations In Auditory Perception

Background: The wide group of investigations made in the previous decades about irregularities in auditory perception in persons with autism is reviewed with revised clinical and theoretical implications provided.

Objectives: Emphasis is placed on the fact that these auditory perception irregularities of people with autism are very important for the understanding of the symptoms, for the search of its etiology, for the implementation of an adequate treatment program and for the formulation of an adequate theoretical explanation of the syndrome.

Methods: Bibliographical review.

Results: There are enough experimental data suggesting that perceptive alterations are common in autism.

Conclusions: Important implications must be inferred to the design of an adequate therapy for persons with autism. Their auditory alterations can interfere with the therapy and we must always consider them in our work.