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1 Infants (3-11 months) need 14-15 hours. 2  Toddlers (12-35 months) need 12-14 hours. 3  Preschoolers (3-6 years) need 11-13 hours. 4  School age (6-10 years) need 10-11 hours. 5  Adolescents (11-18 years) need 9.25 hours. 6  Adults need an average of 8 hours.  Elderly adults may need less sleep.
The lead author, Kathryn Orzech, says research shows that teenagers need 9.5 hours sleep a night, but on average get only 7.5 hours. But this doesn't mean that it is normal for teenagers not to get enough sleep, says Orzech. Teenagers have lots of demands on their time, but they need to learn to manage their sleep..