Monaural balances and loudness coding during auditory adaptation.
A monaural simultaneous balance technique was used to compare amounts of adaptation for two conditions: (1) with the test intensity equal to the adapting intensity, and (2) with the test intensity +10 dB above the adapting intensity. Previous findings (Weiler and Hood, 1977) showed a decline in measured adaptation for the second condition using simultaneous binaural balances. That this was not the case for the monaural balances investigated in this study may indicate different adaptation-induced auditory changes are being measured monaurally vs. binaurally.
D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods*; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011571:Psychoacoustics