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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 24.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2023 Apr 3;16(5):879–917. doi: 10.1002/aur.2923

TABLE 2.

Summary of most frequently examined behaviors in included studies.

Behavior # Studies # Abnormal Type of abnormality

Speech
 Accuracy 52 44 (85%) Reduced accuracy
 Consistency/stability 13 11 (85%) Reduced consistency; increased consistency
 Rate 13 7 (54%) Slower rate; less entrainment
 Duration 11 9 (82%) Longer duration; less difference in duration between speaking conditions
 Formant values 8 6 (75%) Outcome measures too variable to discern a dominant pattern
 Coordination/coarticulation 6 6 (100%) Reduced coordination; difficulty with coarticulation
 Vocalization quality 5 3 (60%) Reduced speechlike vocalizations; increased atypical vocalizations
 Intelligibility 4 3 (75%) Reduced intelligibility
Nonspeech
 Nonspeech oral movements 28 20 (71%) Reduced nonspeech oromotor control; differences in brain activity
Feeding
 Eating/feeding skills 19 11 (58%) Reduced oral control for feeding