Autistic traits and speech perception difficulties in noise

Key Points

• This research aims to explore the link between autistic traits and difficulties in speech perception under noisy conditions in children with ASD.
• Conducted experiments measuring word perception in both speech and non-speech noise environments.
• Examined the attention bias toward non-speech stimuli in ASD individuals and typical university students.
• Assessed the role of prior knowledge in aiding speech perception challenges.
• High autistic traits correlated with speech perception difficulties regardless of noise type.
• No connection found between attention bias to non-speech stimuli and speech perception difficulties.
• Suggested that atypical use of prior information may relate to speech perception difficulties in specific scenarios.