Mathematics Elucidates Language Use in Children with Autism
A new algorithmic approach to quantifying language production in individuals with autism has the potential to fill a vexing gap in autism research: the shortage of objective measures of whether a proposed therapy truly improves behavioral outcomes. Mark Clements, an engineering professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is building mathematical tools that can analyze audio recordings obtained using a wearable recording device known as the LENA (Language Environment Analysis) System.
