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Monaural balances and loudness coding during auditory adaptation.

E B Glass, E M Weiler

    British Journal of Audiology
    |May 1, 1979
    PubMed
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    This study compared auditory adaptation using monaural balances. Unlike previous binaural findings, monaural balances did not show a decline in adaptation when test intensity exceeded adapting intensity, suggesting different auditory changes are measured.

    Area of Science:

    • Auditory Neuroscience
    • Psychoacoustics
    • Sensory Adaptation

    Background:

    • Auditory adaptation is a decrease in auditory neuron response during sustained stimulation.
    • Previous research using binaural balance techniques indicated a decline in adaptation measurement when test intensity was higher than adapting intensity (Weiler and Hood, 1977).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare auditory adaptation using monaural simultaneous balance technique.
    • To investigate if adaptation measurement differs when test intensity equals or exceeds adapting intensity.

    Main Methods:

    • Employed a monaural simultaneous balance technique to assess auditory adaptation.
    • Two conditions were tested: test intensity equal to adapting intensity, and test intensity 10 dB above adapting intensity.

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    Main Results:

    • No decline in measured auditory adaptation was observed in the monaural condition when test intensity was +10 dB above adapting intensity.
    • This contrasts with previous findings using binaural balance techniques under similar conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • Monaural and binaural balance techniques may measure different adaptation-induced auditory changes.
    • The results suggest that the method of auditory balance influences the assessment of sensory adaptation.