[On the practice of audiological balance-tests (author's transl)]. 1976

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The psychological factors influencing the common test-situation of the ABLB are still unknown. The fact that always on the same ear the intensity is remaining constant and that this intensity is increased in equal steps is no longer due to modern psychological principles of testing. Both--the side and the intensity--should be randomized within the given range (both sides and all possible intensities). Therefore the test-procedure is controlled by a computer, which also calculates the significance of the relative recruitment. When the test is finished a diagram is plotted containing the values and the regressionline. Also the monaural test (comparison of two frequencies) is well practicable using the same program, because the incertainty (being greater if the test is more difficult) is included in the statistic calculation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D012043 Regression, Psychology A return to earlier, especially to infantile, patterns of thought or behavior, or stage of functioning, e.g., feelings of helplessness and dependency in a patient with a serious physical illness. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994). Psychological Regression,Regression (Psychology),Psychology Regression
D003201 Computers Programmable electronic devices designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Calculators, Programmable,Computer Hardware,Computers, Digital,Hardware, Computer,Calculator, Programmable,Computer,Computer, Digital,Digital Computer,Digital Computers,Programmable Calculator,Programmable Calculators
D006311 Hearing Disorders Conditions that impair the transmission of auditory impulses and information from the level of the ear to the temporal cortices, including the sensorineural pathways. Distorted Hearing,Dysacusis,Paracousis,Paracusis,Hearing Disorder,Hearing, Distorted
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001299 Audiometry The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds. Audiometries

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