Brainstem auditory responses to predict literacy

Early detection of aberrations in auditory processing, language comprehension and production will allow for the timely implementation of strategies to mitigate the longer-term impact on literacy. Psychological measures, such as phonological awareness, are typically used to detect alterations in literacy during development. In this issue of Clinical Neurophysiology, Neef et al. (2017) identify a neurophysiological measure capable of distinguishing good versus poor literacy skills. The authors measured brainstem auditory responses in a group of eleven to thirteen year old participants in response to the auditory [da] and [ba] stop-consonants and subsequently quantified the delta cross-phase and its relationship to literacy skills.

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