title: Maturation of behavioral response.
abstract: The level of maturation of the auditory system markedly affects the results of all forms of infant hearing screening. The same test repeated in two weeks may yield significantly different results. The paper reviews some of the maturational changes which occur, considers male/female differences, and offers some normative developmental information about the preterm infant.
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D001306:Auditory Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D002657:Child Development; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors