title: 2AFC versus standard clinical measurement of high frequency auditory sensitivity (8--20 KC/S).
abstract: A two-alternative forced choice (2AFC) psychophysical method of assessment was employed to judge the validity of using a standard clinical test procedure for obtaining thresholds in the frequency region 8--20 kc/s. Close agreement was demonstrated between "same-day" thresholds obtained with a standard clinical test procedure and the 2AFC method, for 6 well trained normal-hearing adults. In addition, close agreement was shown between the 2AFC sensitivity measure and the mean of thresholds obtained at 4 separate times during this investigation with the standard method. The standard clinical test method demonstrated good between-test reliability. It is concluded that a standard clinical test technique is a valid and feasible clinical measurement procedure for this high frequency region.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011601:Psychophysics