Clinical audiology’s testing tools originated from psychoacoustic research

Evidence

On the whole, psychoacoustics is connected to audiological assessment and treatment in many ways: from providing information that would be useful for counseling patients when they might experience problems listening to the diagnostic tests used regularly within the field. Impairments to perceptual abilities can be expected to lead to impairments in speech perception in natural environments, and psychoacoustics has informed our understanding of the nature of communication difficulties experienced by listeners with sensorineural hearing loss. Further, audiology has its roots in psychoacoustics, and the foundation of psychoacoustics remains an integral component of any diagnostic audiometric assessment. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1775 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: OAE measures could become a fast clinical speech-in-noise diagnostic; Early clinical hearing tests measured duration and distance, not sound level; Audiology is rooted in psychoacoustics and remains founded on it — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1775 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Audiology is rooted in psychoacoustics and remains founded on it #corroborates (0.90) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1775
• Clinical audiogram testing standardizes stimulus durations to exploit temporal integration #exemplifies (0.75)
• Hearing thresholds are clinically tested at octave-spaced frequencies covering the speech range #exemplifies (0.75)
• Psychoacoustic measures probe efferent function even where OAEs fail #exemplifies (0.72)