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A New Method

FRANCIS MISKOLCZY-FODOR, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1964;79(4):355-365.

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It was the test method of loudness balance which led to the discovery of loudness recruitment,^1,2 and many subsequent investigations were based on this method. Even though, from time to time, many other tests have been recommended, the loudness balance test has become a type of standard reference method.

For the past three decades, a great deal of laboratory investigations done with more or less experienced subjects were published and statistically evaluated. Data are available on influences caused by time-factors and fatigue^6,7 or by different tone presentation.⁸ Data were also published about the standard deviation of response variations and test-retest accuracy; its average range is between ±3 and 5 db for the binaural test.^9,10 However, one may also encounter data of much higher individual scattering with deviations ranging from 25-30 db and more.⁹ Nevertheless, every experienced audiologist may have seen patients with very uncertain reliability . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Research, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 22, 1963.

This study was aided by the John A. Hartford Foundation.

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