title: Reliability of a dichotic consonant-vowel pairs task using an ABX procedure.
abstract: The present study examined the reliability of a dichotic consonant-vowels (CV) pairs task using an ABX procedure. Twenty-four right-handed subjects (12 females, 12 males) completed a dichotic CV pairs task twice in a test-retest approach. The conventional free-recall or directed-attention procedure was replaced by an ABX procedure, in which participants were required to determine whether a CV heard binaurally was present in a dichotic pair presented on the same trial. Results showed the expected right-ear advantage in dichotic listening for verbal material. However, reliability was not as high as has been reported with a directed-attention procedure. Methods for improving the reliability of the ABX discrimination task are discussed. In addition, the discussion emphasizes the usefulness of the ABX approach for testing clinical populations.
authors.affiliation: St. Francis Xavier University.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Voyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flight
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D010700:Phonetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results