Dear readers!
The Editorial Board of “Clinical Psychology and Special Education” journal informs about the corrections made to the article by K.A. Fadeev et al., “Difficulty with Speech Perception in the Background of Noise in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Is Not Related to Their Level of Intelligence”, published in 2023 Issue, Vol. 12, No. 1.
In section “Materials and Methods” on pages 198–200, there was a technical error in the description of stimulus material and research procedure. This error did not affect the results or conclusions of the study, but it could make it difficult for others to replicate the methodology.
Here are some specific textual corrections that need to be made:
- Initial formulation: “Further, the words were brought to an average sound pressure level of 60 dB using the spl function of a third-party software package (software) for MATLAB R2020a [47]”.
Corrected formulation: “Further, the words were brought to an average sound pressure level of 45 dB using the spl function of a third-party software package (software) for MATLAB R2020a [47]”.
- Initial formulation: “The words were presented with a sound pressure level of approximately 60 dB (SPL), with 4 levels and two types of masking. When masking the ST with noise, its level was 60, 63, 66 and 69 dB of sound pressure. AM noise reached these values at the peak of the wave”.
Corrected formulation: “The words were presented with a sound pressure level of approximately 45 dB (SPL), with 4 levels and two types of masking. When masking the ST with noise, its level was 45, 48, 51 and 54 dB of sound pressure. With amplitude-modulated masking, these values correspond to the average sound pressure level calculated over the entire length of the stimulus”.
- Initial formulation: “* — given in decibels above the sound pressure level of the target signal (average 60 dB)”.
Corrected formulation: “* — given in decibels above the sound pressure level of the target signal (average 45 dB)”.
- Initial formulation: “Steady-state noise of 60 dB was used as the reference value”.
Corrected formulation: “Steady-state noise of 45 dB was used as the reference value”.
All the above-mentioned errors have been corrected in the updated online version of the article.
Sincerely,
The Editorial Board of “Clinical Psychology and Special Education”