Speech Prosody Interventions for Persons With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review

Purpose Persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may demonstrate abnormal prosodic patterns in conversational speech, which can negatively affect social interactions. The purpose of this systematic review was to identify interventions measuring the improvement of expressive speech prosody in persons with ASD in order to support clinician's evidence-based decision making. Method We used 13 electronic databases to search for relevant articles...