Response factors in the choice of reference ear in ABLB.
Response patterns and the limits of loudness judgement accuracy were explored in a clinical presentation of the alternate binaural loudness balance (ABLB) procedure, and compared across the two methodological alternatives of using the better or poorer ear as reference ear. It was found: 1) that in the range of judgement uncertainty, responses were strongly influenced by stimulus presentation order; 2) that the magnitude of the range of uncertainty was similar across both methodologies. A suggested clinical procedure which controls for these effects is presented as an Appendix.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012000:Recruitment Detection, Audiologic / Q000379:methods*