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June 12-13, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
Pediatrics and Clinical Pediatrics
2nd World Congress on
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Current Pediatric Research | Volume: 23
Shireen M Kanakri
Lauralee Wikkerink, Shelby Haggard and
HaithamMohammad
Ball State University, USA
Acoustics and children with Autism
As more children are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD), there is a great need for research
surrounding how the built environment impacts them. This
study analyzed how parents of children with ASD perceive
the effects of acoustics on their child. Through surveys,
parents detailed their perceptions of their child’s behaviors
to different acoustical aspects of the environment and
the effectiveness of the current acoustical design of their
home. Results indicate that there was an association
between parents rating noise control as being important
for their child and observing behaviors in their children in
response to noise.
Speaker Biography
Shireen M Kanakri earned her M. Arch. from Jordan University of Science
& Technology in 2006 and her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, USA in
2014. She is a tenure-track assistant professor in interior design and
director of the Health Environmental Design Research Lab at Ball State
University, in Muncie, Indiana, USA. She has more than ten publications in
refereed journals, 6 abstracts, and 24 refereed presentations on the topic
of autism. She has worked in a professional capacity as a consultant with
various organizations across the USA and is currently working with Harvard
School of Medicine to develop and design a health environment research
lab. She is the recipient of ten awards for her research and scholarship as
well as external and internal grants totaling more than $135,000.
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Shireen M Kanakri et al., Current Pediatric Research, Volume 23
ISSN: 0971-9032