Although tests have confirmed that Matthew is not deaf, his mother is worried because Matthew is very slow to respond when she calls to him. Frequently, she has to resort to touching him before he looks at her. Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate for measuring Matthew looking when called?

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Latency is the time between the presentation of a stimulus and the response to that stimulus. In this case, latency would measure the time between when Matthew's mother calls to him and when he actually looks at her. This would be the most appropriate measure for determining how slow Matthew is to respond to auditory cues.

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