Infants later diagnosed with autism have lower canonical babbling ratios in the first year of life.
Lisa D YankowitzV PetrullaS PlateB TuncW GuthrieS S MeeraK TenaJ PandeyM R SwansonJ R PruettM ColaA RussellN MarrusH C HazlettK BotteronJ N ConstantinoS R DagerA EstesL ZwaigenbaumJ PivenR T SchultzJ Parish-Morrisnull nullPublished in: Molecular autism (2022)
Lower canonical babbling ratios are apparent by the end of the first year of life in ASD regardless of later language delay, but are also observed for infants with later language delay without ASD. Canonical babbling may lack specificity as an early marker when used on its own.