Acoustic-Prosodic Entrainment in the Context of Autism Spectrum Disorder

自闭症谱系障碍背景下的声学韵律夹带

• 批准号: 10311947
• 负责人: Camille J. Wynn
• 金额: $ 3.23万
• 依托单位: UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-05-13 至 2023-05-12
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10311947
• 关键词: 14 year old; Acoustics; Address; Adolescence; Adolescent; Adult; Age; Behavior; Coupled; Data; Development; Disease; Emotional; Environment; Exclusion; Friendships; Goals; Health; Individual; Interpersonal Relations; Investigation; Life; Link; Measurement; Measures; Mentorship; Methodology; Methods; Modeling; Outcome; Pattern; Periodicity; Personal Satisfaction; Play; Population; Research; Research Personnel; Role; Sampling; Social Interaction; Speech; Stimulus; Training; Treatment Efficacy; adolescent with autism spectrum disorder; adult with autism spectrum disorder; autism spectrum disorder; base; bullying; career; combat; design; experience; experimental study; flexibility; improved; individuals with autism spectrum disorder; innovation; instrument; lens; peer; predictive modeling; programs; skills; social; social communication; success; tool; virtual

ABSTRACT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a disorder largely characterized by deficits in social interaction. In adolescence, a period of life when the need for social approval is at its peak and peer interaction plays a vital role in emotional health and well-being, such deficits can be devastating. Tools to measure social interaction abilities are critical, allowing clinicians to identify deficits, track progress, and evaluate treatment efficacy. Subjective methods to assess social interaction currently exist. However, objective measurement tools do not. Yet, objective tools would provide a valuable and much-needed addition to current subjective instruments, increasing the reliability, accuracy, and ecological validity of assessment. Acoustic-prosodic entrainment may be a viable framework for an objective tool to quantify social interaction deficits in adolescents with ASD. This phenomenon, in which interlocutors align their speech behaviors with one another, is highly predictive of functional measures of successful interaction. Our preliminary research has indicated disruptions in the entrainment patterns of adults with ASD. However, studies of acoustic-prosodic entrainment in both TD adolescents and adolescents with ASD in naturalistic peer interactions are virtually nonexistent. Here we propose an investigation focused on understanding the acoustic-prosodic entrainment patterns of TD early-adolescents in dyadic conversations with their peers, using a large existing corpus (SA1). We then examine entrainment in a small corpus of conversations involving adolescents with ASD (SA2). The outcomes of this F31 proposal constitute the requisite first steps toward the overarching goal of this research program—to develop and validate an objective measurement tool to quantify interactional abilities in individuals with ASD through the lens of conversational entrainment. This project, coupled with the mentorship of an exemplary research team, a focused training plan, and a high-quality training environment will provide the applicant with the skills and experience needed to launch a successful research career.

抽象的 自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）是一种主要特征在社会互动中定义的疾病。在 青少年，生活的一段时期，需要社会认可达到顶峰，同伴互动起着至关重要的作用 在情绪健康和福祉中的作用，这种缺陷可能是毁灭性的。衡量社交互动的工具 能力至关重要，允许临床医生识别定义，跟踪进度并评估治疗效率。 当前存在评估社会互动的主观方法。但是，客观的测量工具没有。 但是，客观工具将为当前主观工具提供宝贵且急需的补充， 提高评估的可靠性，准确性和生态有效性。声学促进可能是 量化社交互动的客观工具的可行框架是在ASD的青少年中定义的。这 对话者彼此将他们的言语行为对准的现象是高度预测的 成功相互作用的功能度量。我们的初步研究表明 ASD成年人的盛立模式。但是，两种TD中的声学散发性盛立的研究 自然主义同伴相互作用中有ASD的青少年和青少年几乎不存在。我们在这里提出 一项研究重点是理解TD早期培养子的声学宣传的盛立模式 使用大型现有语料库（SA1）与同龄人进行二元对话。然后，我们检查入口 小的对话涉及与ASD（SA2）的青少年。该F31提案的结果 构成了朝着该研究计划的总体目标迈出的必要的第一步，以开发和验证 一个客观的测量工具，用于量化ASD的个体的互动能力， 会话入口。这个项目，再加上一个典范研究团队的训练学，这是一个重点 培训计划以及高质量的培训环境将为申请人提供技能和经验 需要开展成功的研究职业。