1. Behavioral Tests for Site of Lesion
SPA 4302
Summer 2007

2. Loudness Recruitment Tests
Based on the changes in _________ perception that accompany different ________disorders.
________ > > > More rapid growth in loudness with increasing level
________ > > > Reduced (or reversed) loudness growth with increasing level.

3. Loudness Growth Patterns

4. Recruitment:
"Abnormal growth of loudness" or, persistence of normal loudness above _______. More common at ________ frequencies.

5. The Short Increment Sensitivity Index
Relies on link between rapid loudness growth (recruitment) and small difference limen for ___________.
People with recruitment (_________ cases) will be _______________ to detect very small changes in intensity than others.

6. Tone Decay Tests auditory __________ (an abnormal phenomenon).
How intense does a continuous tone have to be for you to be able to hear it for a full 60 seconds?
Greater decay suggests a _________ problem.

7. Tone Decay Results: Type I: no decay: norm, _________ or cochlear
Type II: heard for longer times as level is increased: __________
Type III: No growth with increasing level: ____________

8. Bekesy Audiometry
Uses ____________ and __________ tones to test hearing.
People with auditory adaptation (decay) will show __________ hearing in the continuous condition than in the interrupted condition.

9. Check out the Table 7.2 in your text
Sensitivity, Specificity, and Efficiency are not that high for which tests?
For which tests are these numbers higher?
Which tests would you choose to use?