In defense of the right and left audiograms: a reply to Coren (1989) and Coren and Hakstian (1990)
Coren (1989) noticed that the various air-conduction pure-tone thresholds obtained from one ear of an individual in quiet tend to display a high correlation. In addition, Coren and Hakstian (1990) reported a consistently high correlation between pure-tone thresholds in the two ears of the same individual. On the basis of these observations, these authors proposed that pure-tone thresholds measured at audiometric frequencies in one ear, and those measured in both ears of an individual, be collapsed into a single average threshold value. The present paper disputes the usefulness and the appropriateness of such a proposal.
Divenyi
P L
PL
Speech and Hearing Research Facility, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinez, California 94553.
Haupt
K M
KM
D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D006801:Humans; D011571:Psychoacoustics