Publications

 Meera, S. S.,✉ Swaminathan, D., Pawar, R., Yankowitz, L., Donovan, K., Khuu, K., . . . Piven, J. (2025). Evaluating canonical babbling ratios extracted from day-long audio recordings in infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Infant Behavior and Development, 79, 102059. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102059

Srikar, M., Meera, S. S., Raju, R., Swaminathan, D. J., Green, J., & Wan, M. W. (2025). Caregiver-infant interactions in infants at elevated familial likelihood for autism in India. Infant Behav Dev. 2025; 79:102060. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2025.102060    

Baby, B., Pushpagiri, S., Varma, P. R. P., Saritha, L. S., Dhiya, S. J., Meera, S. S., Rekha, M., Mohan, M., & Sundaram, S. (2024). Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire - Translation and Validation in a South Indian Language. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 27(6), 668–676. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/aian.aian_147_24 

Meera, S.S.,✉ Swaminathan, D., Venkata Murali S.R., Raju, R., Srikar, M., Shyam Sundar, S., Amudhan, S., Cristia, A., Pawar, R., Rao, A., Vasuki, P.P., Volme, S., Mysore, A. (2024). Validation of the Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) Automated Speech Processing Algorithm Labels for Adult and Child Segments in a Sample of Families From India. J Speech Lang Hear Res, doi: https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-24-0009  

Meera, S. S.,✉ Srikar, M., Raju, R., Swaminathan, D., Johnson, R. E., Watson, L. R., Nair, D. B., Kommu, J. V. S., Chopra-McGowan, J., & Vasuki, P. P. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of a caregiver-mediated early support program, delivered online, for infants at elevated familial likelihood for autism: A feasibility randomized controlled trial. Autism Research, 17(9), 1853–1866. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3217 

McFayden, T.C., Rutsohn, J., Cetin, G., Forsen, E., Swanson, M.R., Meera, S. S., & IBIS network. (2024). White matter development and language abilities during infancy in autism spectrum disorder. Mol Psychiatry. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-024-02470-3 

Raju, R., Erinpurwala, Z., Shivashankar, N., & Meera, S.S. ✉ (2023). Dysarthric speech characteristics in Autosomal Recessive Spastic Ataxic of Charlevoix Saguenay (ARSACS): A Sibling Study. Journal of Hearing Language and Speech 1(2):p 29-39.

Léon, M., Meera, S. S., Fiévet, A.-C., & Cristia, A. (2023). Long-form recordings in low- and middle-income countries: recommendations to achieve respectful research. Research Ethics, 0(0). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161231199382

Manohar, H., Meera, S.S., Nair, D., Srinath, S (2023). Language disorders in children: Complementary role of child psychiatrists and speech-language pathologists. Journal of The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing 41(1):p 3-16. doi: 10.4103/jose.JOSE_32_23  

Girimaji, A.S., Meera, S.S., Keshavaprasad, Y.B., Jacob, P., Philip M, Rajgopal, H. (2023). Use of Children’s Communication Checklist-2 to identify Communication Problems in Kannada Speaking Preschool Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Preliminary Study. Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine. 0(0). doi:10.1177/02537176231165180 

Estrada, K.A., Govindaraj, S., Abdi, H., Moraglia, L.E., Wolff, J.J., Meera, S.S., Dager, S.R., McKinstry, R.C., Styner, M.A., Zwaigenbaum, L., Piven, J., Swanson, M.R. (2023). Language exposure during infancy is negatively associated with white matter microstructure in the arcuate fasciculus, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 61:101240. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101240  

Ravi, S., Bradshaw, A., Abdi, H., Meera, S.S., Parish-Morris, J., Yankowitz, L., Paterson, S., Dager, S.R., Burrows, C.A., Chappell, C., St.John, T., Estes, A.M., Piven, J., Swanson, M.R., & IBIS Network (2022). Are early social communication skills a harbinger for language development in infants later diagnosed autistic?—A longitudinal study using a standardized social communication assessment. Front. Commun, 7:977724. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.977724   

Srikar, M., Raju, R., Dadlani, N., Swaminathan, D., Vaidhyanathan, P., & Meera, S.S.✉ (2022). Often Encountered but Rarely Reported- SLP’s Perspectives on Selecting Language(s) for Intervention of Bi/Multilingual Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Child Science, 12(01),  e55-e66 . https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1743492   

Yankowitz, L. D., Petrulla, V., Plate, S., Tunc, B., Guthrie, W., Meera, S. S., … Parish-Morris, J. (2022). Infants later diagnosed with autism have lower canonical babbling ratios in the first year of life. Molecular Autism, 13(1), 28. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-022-00503-8

Plate, S., Yankowitz, L., Resora, L., Swanson, M. R., Meera, S. S., & IBIS network. (2021). Infant Vocalizing and Phenotypic Outcomes in Autism: Evidence from the First 2 Years. Child development, 00, 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13697

Bang, P., Strömberg, M., Meera, S. S., Igelström, K. (2021).  Brief Report: The Broad Autism Phenotype in Swedish Parents of Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Conditions.  J Autism Dev Disord. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05302-3 

Tunç, B., Pandey, J., St. John, T., Meera, S. S., Maldarelli, J. E., Zwaigenbaum, L., … Schultz, R. T. (2021). Diagnostic Shifts in Autism Spectrum Disorder can be Linked to the Fuzzy Nature of the Diagnostic Boundary: A Data‐driven Approach. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Jcpp.13406. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13406 

Dadlani, N., Vaidhyanathan, P., Swaminathan, D., Shivashankar, N., Bharath, R.D., & Meera, S. S.✉ (2021). Relapse in Stuttering with the onset of primary progressive aphasia. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology.  https://doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_865_20 

Meera, S. S.,✉ Donovan, K., Wolff, J. J., Zwaigenbaum, L., Elison, J. T., Kinh, T., … Piven, J. (2020). Towards a Data Driven Approach to Screen for Autism Risk at 12 Months of Age. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2020.10.015 

Swaminathan, D., Meera, S.S.✉ (2020). Masks Mask Communication – Communicating with Children in Health Care Settings. Indian J Pediatr . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-020-03535-1 

Vaidhyanathan, P., Dadlani, N., Meera, S. S., ✉ & Chandra, P. S. (2020). Communication beyond barriers - effective communication with individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders when wearing masks. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 102286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102286

Girault, J. B., Swanson, M. R., Meera, S. S., Grzadzinski, R. L., Shen, M. D., Burrows, C. A., Piven, J. (2020). Quantitative trait variation in ASD probands and toddler sibling outcomes at 24 months. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 12(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s11689-020-9308-7 

Swanson, M. R., Donovan, K., Paterson, S., Wolff, J. J., Parish‐Morris, J., Meera, S. S., … Piven, J. (2019). Early language exposure supports later language skills in infants with and without autism. Autism Research, 12(12), 1784–1795. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2163 

Meera, S. S., ✉ Shivashankar, N., Yadav, R., & Bhat, M. D. (2017). Anarthria in a patient with bilateral striopallidodentate calcinosis. Neurology India, 65(5). https://doi.org/10.4103/neuroindia.NI_130_17 

Asokan, S., Meera, S. S., ✉ & Shivashankar, N. (2016). INCLEN Diagnostic Tool for the assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A new tool in the speech-language pathologist′s armoury. Journal of Indian Speech Language & Hearing Association, 30(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-2131.196245 

Meera, S. S., ✉ Girimaji, S. C., Seshadri, S. P., Philip, M., Shivashankar, N., Morgan, P., & Piven, J. (2015). Translation of the broad autism phenotype questionnaire to an Indian language: A description of the process. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2015.04.013 

Meera, S. S., ✉ Shankar, R. G., Girimaji, S. C., Seshadri, S. P., Philip, M., & Shivashankar, N. (2015). Pragmatics of language in the broad autism phenotype. Speech, Language and Hearing, 18(3), 156–160. https://doi.org/10.1179/2050572815Y.0000000004   

Meera, S. S., Kaipa, R., Thomas, J., & Shivashankar, N. (2013). Brief report: An unusual manifestation of diagnostic overshadowing of pervasive developmental disorder - Not otherwise specified: A five year longitudinal case study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43(6), 1491–1494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1691-9 

Meera, S. S., ✉ Prasad, T., & Bhat, R. (2012). Language and Theory of Mind in Children with Hearing Impairment - A Preliminary Study. Journal of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 26(1), 36–42.