HTTP:: New Device Identifies Autism Very Early
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Experts at the LENA Foundation have recently announced the development of a new device that can spot autism at a very early age. According to their press release, the machine is able to detect the disease in children as small as two years old, which is a progress from the 5.7 years usual methods take. It relies on identifying specific patterns in the vocalizations the small ones make at home, and does not require medical attention per se. The results will be available within a few weeks, as soon as sufficient data is collected, Technology Review informs. University of Washington in St. Louis experts have determined that the 5.7 years it takes on average for one to spot autism is a time frame several years longer than the time when such a diagnostic can first be made. “Intervention is most effective when the child is two to four years old,†the LENA Foundation child language research director, Jill Gilkerson, explains the advantages of the new device. She reveals that !
the apparatus is able to discern between infants growing up with autism, healthy children, and those with unassociated language delays with a 91-percent accuracy. The take-home kit consists of a questionnaire on the child's development, which the parents have to fill out, an audio recording, as well as an outfit for the child to wear...
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