Vol 7 No 1 (1976)
Article
How to Cite
R, R. (1). Loudness perceived by normal and abnormal ears as measured by stapedial reflex threshold. Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 7(1), 81-88. Retrieved from http://203.129.241.91/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/486
Abstract
Stapedial Reflex threshold has gained wide currency in the measurement of loudness experience. (Ewertsenef al, 1967; Flottorp, Djupesland and Wither, 1971 : Moller, 1961; Thomsen, 1955) of an acoustic stimulus
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Calculation". J. Acoust. Soc. Amer. 5, 82-108
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Pure-tone Thresholds". J. Speech Hearing Dis., 24, 330-345.
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92, 311-324.
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Lamb, L. E., et al., (1968). "Application of Stapedius Muscle Reflex Measures to Diagnosis
of Audiological Problems". J. Int. Audiol. 7: 188-89.
Liden, G (1970) "The Stapedius Muscle Reflex Used as an objective Recruitment Test:
A Clinical and Experimental Study". In Sensori Neural hearing Loss. Symposium,
CIBA Foundation (G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight, Eds).
Metz, O. (1952) "The Threshold of Reflex Contractions of Muscles of Middle Ear and
Recruitment of Loudness". Arch. Otolaryngol. 55, 536-543.
Moller. A. R. (1961) "Bilateral Contraction of the Tympanic Muscle in Man". Ann Otol-
Rhino. Laryngol. 70, 735.
Peterson, J. L. and Liden, G. (1972) "Sone Static Characteristics of Stapedial Muscle.
Reflex".J. Audiol. 11, 97-114.
Thomsen, K. A. (1955) "The Metz Recruitment Test" Acta Oto-Laryngol, 45, 544-552
Vyasamurthy, M. N. and Satyan, H. S. "Effect of Masking and Fatigue on Acoustic Reflex
Threshold". Under publication in J. AI1SH.