title: Loudness balance procedures for the measurement of recruitment.
abstract: COLES and PRIEDE have recommended that in the alternate binaural loudness balance test use of the normal ear as the reference standard be now abandoned in favour of the worse ear. Their data are critically reviewed and shown to be subject to cumulative errors of methodology and interpretation.
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods*; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D004856:Postural Balance; D011999:Recruitment, Neurophysiological