title: Lateralization for pure tone perception as a function of age and sex.
abstract: Pure tone thresholds were obtained for right and left ears from 195 males and 82 females aged 24-84. Right ear advantages were present and increased with advanced age for the males; no ear differences were found for females. These data may explain contradictions in the dichotic listening literature testing lateralization for language across the lifespan.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010897:Pitch Discrimination; D010898:Pitch Perception; D012737:Sex Factors