Comparative Evaluation of Some Auditory Measures

Abstract

An extensive battery of both conventional and special auditory tests was administered twice to a group of 27 patients with sensorineural hearing loss and once to 30 normal listeners. Relative consistency, as defined by coefficient of reliability and absolute consistency, as defined by standard error of the test-retest data, was checked carefully; and a comparative evaluation of the extent to which various indices differentiated the sensorineural group from tne normal control group was studied. Certain measures, notably the Tone Decay Test (TDT) and the amplitude of the Bekesy tracing for a continuous tone, failed to differentiate effectively between normals and sensorineurals.