This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under CFDA program 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders - provides $201,250 to Duke University to conduct research on mechanisms underlying language development in autistic children. The project aims to leverage recent advances in remote assessment techniques to study precursors to language impairment in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), focusing on three key areas: atypical speech perception, audiovisual synchrony processing, and prediction. The goal is to identify robust remote assessment tasks for these mechanisms and pilot the approach in infant siblings of autistic children. This research seeks to improve understanding of early language development in ASD and inform the design of targeted interventions to enhance communication and quality of life for autistic children and their families. The project period runs from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027.
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