Continued maturation of auditory brainstem function during adolescence: A longitudinal approach

Considerable attention has been devoted to understanding development of the auditory system during the first few years of life, yet comparatively little is known about maturation during adolescence. Moreover, the few studies investigating auditory system maturation in late childhood have employed a cross-sectional approach.To better understand auditory development in adolescence, we used a longitudinal design to measure the subcortical encoding...