“Is Voice A Marker for Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis”

@article{Fusaroli2016IsVA,
  title={“Is Voice A Marker for Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis”},
  author={Riccardo Fusaroli and Anna Lambrechts and Dan Bang and Dermot M. Bowler and Sebastian B. Gaigg},
  journal={bioRxiv},
  year={2016},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:13772771}
}
It is concluded that multivariate studies of acoustic patterns are a promising but yet unsystematic avenue for establishing ASD markers.
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