Validation of a Mobile App for Remote Autism Screening in Toddlers.

ABSTRACT: Early detection of autism is important for timely access to diagnostic evaluation and early intervention services, which improve children's outcomes. Despite the ability of clinicians to reliably diagnose autism in toddlers, diagnosis is often delayed. SenseToKnow is a mobile autism screening application (app) delivered on a smartphone or tablet that provides an objective and quantitative assessment of early behavioral signs of autism based on computer vision (CV) and machine learning (ML). This study examined the accuracy of SenseToKnow for autism detection when the app was downloaded and administered remotely at home by caregivers using their own devices. The SenseToKnow app was administered by caregivers of 620 toddlers between 16 and 40 months of age, 188 of whom were subsequently diag

SUBMITTER: Krishnappa Babu PR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12107789 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature