title: Correlations between hand preference and durations of hearing for right and left ears in young healthy subjects.
abstract: In this study, to test an inference from the 1991 Previc hypothesis that right-handers have a right-ear advantage, the durations of hearing for the right and left ears were compared for 81 right- and 45 left-handed high school students. In the present study, right-handedness was associated with a right-ear advantage and left-handedness was associated with a left-ear advantage. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between the durations of hearing for the right and left ears and the scores for right-handedness for right-handed subjects. The durations of hearing for the right and left ears were negatively correlated with the left-handedness for left-handed subjects. These results suggest hand preference may be related to asymmetry of aural sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bayirli
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D004423:Ear / Q000502:physiology*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors