This trial is evaluating whether The Listening Program® with bone conduction headphones will improve 2 primary outcomes, 1 secondary outcome, and 2 other outcomes in patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Measurement will happen over the course of To be administered at baseline, 1-week following a 40-week use of the listening program..
This trial requires 8 total participants across 1 different treatment group
This trial involves a single treatment. The Listening Program® With Bone Conduction Headphones is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
"Aspects of ASD are treated through several interventions, including pharmacotherapy and behavioral approaches. Early intervention and evidence-based treatment strategies are necessary to maximize the impact of intervention and minimize comorbidities." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"There are many uncertainties regarding the effectiveness of intervention programs in the treatment of ASDs, and many of the issues are unresolved. Further research would improve our understanding of ASDs and its natural history, and provide more evidence for and against the theoretical models." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder is estimated to be around one in 1,200 of the US population. In 2001, there were an estimated 40 to 41 million people with autism, making it the most common single reason for institutionalization of persons with autism in U.S. care. Estimates were that 1 in 50 children of autistic adults will be diagnosed as autistic, making autism spectrum disorder the most common genetic cause of autism. A recent study found that as much as one in four autistic individuals are not the result of genetic disorders. Instead, they were found to be the result of an environmental insult and a rare mutation in chromosomes." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The term ASD is commonly employed despite its heterogeneous nature; while we use the term “autism spectrum” to describe one of the many subtypes, “ ASD” may also include other clinical and diagnostic subtypes. Furthermore, we are well aware that the term ASD denotes only a symptom cluster and not a disease state. Therefore, the label ASD or ASD symptoms is not intended as a diagnostic term." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The absence of social skills and speech or language difficulties are two of the key challenges in diagnosing ASD, although other key challenges can be identified including limited eye contact, poor eye to hand coordination, limited eye movement and delayed developmental milestones. For individuals who are able to communicate their needs, it is important to get them to describe their experiences of symptoms so a clearer picture of their experiences can be obtained. Some people are extremely cautious and quiet, but most cases of ASD can be detected when all other possible causes of the symptoms are excluded. The most effective method of diagnosing ASD is to follow the autism spectrum spectrum model with two or more informants." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"There is no single cause for ASD. A variety of contributing and environmental factors are required to develop the condition. These factors include genetic predisposition, adverse experiences during critical periods of brain development, genetic or epigenetic susceptibility, and environmental factors such as pollutants and toxins." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Results from a recent paper suggests that 1 out of every 20 children under 4 years will also have autism spectrum disorder. The average age the children with ASD were diagnosed is 8.5 years old. But these numbers might not be perfectly accurate since many of the cases were under-diagnosed. A number of different types were present in autistic children that showed a high incidence of symptoms for ASD. Autism is associated with genetic causes, but it can occur by environmental influences as well. So, more research needs to be done in order to ascertain the causes of ASD. But in general, it is clear that ASD will be diagnosed in children of all ethnicities and ages." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"For those with ASD using an automated listening program with bone conduction headphones, hearing ability has improved over a 6-month period and the patients reported a significant improvement in quality of life and satisfaction. The magnitude of these improvements is larger than those reported by traditional audiologists when using standard bone conduction headphones." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Findings from a recent study suggest the listening program® with bone conduction headphones is able to improve speech perception performance, a prerequisite for optimizing communication potential." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Children with ASD are more likely than children without ASD to have a serious health state (e.g., IBD, pneumonia, or anemia); these are not necessarily comorbid condition(s) of ASD itself." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The use of bone conduction headphones may result in improved speech quality in children and youths with ASD, especially those with higher and softer-to-the-ear hearing thresholds." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"There has been no major breakthrough in autism treatment. However, there are suggestions that autism may be treatable with the use of non-pharmacological strategies in combination with the use of medications. The benefits of a multidomain approach on autism treatment should be tested in a large controlled study." - Anonymous Online Contributor