Individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum show sensory processing differences as measured by the sensory profile.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given reports of high pain thresholds and reduced auditory response in individuals with agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC), this study investigated whether affected participants report atypical experiences and behaviors on a well-established sensory processing measure.

Methods

Fourteen participants with AgCC (ages 11-59) completed the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (Brown & Dunn, 2001). Sensory profile scales were classified as "Atypical" if they were more than 1 standard deviation from the mean.

Results

Fifty-seven percent of participants with AgCC reported reduced sensory registration as compared to an expected 16% of the normative sample. Similarly, 50% of the AgCC participants reported atypically increased auditory processing difficulties.

Concl

SUBMITTER: Demopoulos C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4476955 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature