Predictive Strength of Auditory Maturity Across Different Levels of Language Ability: An Exploratory Quantile Regression Study.

ABSTRACT: Auditory evoked potential-age (AEP-age) is proposed to index auditory maturation and has been found to predict language skills in children with and without a language disorder. However, reporting average effects using linear regression does not fully capitalize on the potential of AEP-age to estimate individual differences in young children. This study used a quantile regression approach to examine the predictive utility of AEP-age for 105 typical and neurodiverse 7-10-year-old children (61 males; 44 females; largely monolingual English) with varying language skills without creating subgroups. Although linear regression did not find an association between AEP-age and language skills, the quantile model added specificity by revealing differential associations. AEP-age was only related to la

SUBMITTER: Pham T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625698 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature