Just 1 in 4 children with autism is diagnosed before age 3, but a new eye-tracking technology may allow for earlier diagnosis and intervention, according to three clinical studies of more than 1,500 kids.
“Our hope is that this tool, which is now U.S. Food and Drug Administration-authorized for use in children between 16 and 30 months of age, can help alleviate this enormous public health challenge with earlier diagnoses and treatment," he said., or ASD, is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain, according to the CDC. People with ASD often have problems with social interaction and different ways of learning, moving or paying attention.
The eye-tracking tool measures a child's eye movements while they watch a 10-minute video. Hundreds of important social cues are presented during the video, and the technology captures around 120 measurements per second. "Because looking behavior is foundational to the way children learn how to speak and acquire language, and the way they learn how to solve things in their world, looking behavior … also allowed us to show how severe is their autism,” Klin said.
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