title: Eye closure and the acoustic reflex threshold.
abstract: Eye closure during measurement of the acoustic reflex threshold has been found on average to lower the threshold by 1.2 dB. It had no significant effect on the intra- or intersubject variability of the measure. It is concluded that it probably has little significance from the standpoint of clinical testing.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D012018:Reflex