title: Sex and handedness differences in hearing durations of the right and left ears in healthy young adults.
abstract: The aim of this work was to study the sex and handedness differences in hearing durations of the right and left ears in healthy young adults. The hearing durations were assessed using a modified Rinne test. The hearing durations of both the right and left ears were longer in males than females. In right-handers, the hearing duration of the right ear was longer than that of the left ear; in left-handers, the hearing duration of the left ear was longer than that of the right ear. These results suggest a male superiority in auditory perceptual acuity; a left-ear advantage in left-handers may result in the superiority of non-right-handers in musical tasks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Medical School, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. senoldane@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dane
authors.forename: Kenan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gümüştekin
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004423:Ear / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics