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  • Developmental language disorder is the
    most serious handicap of children with
    autism
  • Children with autism fail to orient
    normally to some sounds, but  are often
    hyper-reactive to others.
  • Children normally learn language "by
    ear," but by adolescence the auditory
    acuity for language is lost, and the ability
    to learn a second language, without
    accent, becomes difficult.
  • Children with autism appear to begin life
    with an impaired acuity for word and
    syllable boundaries.
  • Nuclei of the midbrain auditory pathway
    are metabolically more active than any
    other area of the brain, and may provide
    a vigilance function for the brain as a
    whole.
  • Language may represent the pinnacle of
    an information-seeking system that
    evolved from a protective mechanism to
    maintain surveillance of environmental
    events.
7.  Language and Auditory System Dysfunction
    1 - Language, the auditory system, and maturation
    2 - Research with radio-isotope tracers
    3 - Hearing, attention, and degrees of deafness
    4 - Early maturation and stimulation of cortical growth
    5 - Metabolic rank order

8.  Language and the Inferior Colliculi
    1 - Loss of Speech Comprehension following injury of
         the inferior colliculi
    2 - Effect of injury to the inferior colliculi, case reports
II.  DEVELOPMENTAL  LANGUAGE  DISORDER