Defining clusters of young autistic and typically developing children based on loudness-dependent auditory electrophysiological responses

Background Autistic individuals exhibit atypical patterns of sensory processing that are known to be related to quality of life, but which are also highly heterogeneous. Previous investigations of this heterogeneity have ordinarily used questionnaires and have rarely investigated sensory processing in typical development (TD) alongside autism spectrum development (ASD). Methods The present study used hierarchical clustering in a large sample to...