Research Article | June 01, 1965Critical Evaluation of SAL Audiometry James Jerger and Susan Jerger Author Affiliations & Notes James Jerger Houston Speech and Hearing Center, Houston, Texas Susan Jerger Houston Speech and Hearing Center, Houston, Texas Copyright © 1965 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information Research Articles Research Article | June 01, 1965 Critical Evaluation of SAL Audiometry Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, June 1965, Vol. 8, 103-127. doi:10.1044/jshr.0802.103 History: Received March 2, 1965 Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, June 1965, Vol. 8, 103-127. doi:10.1044/jshr.0802.103 History: Received March 2, 1965 Web of Science® Times Cited: 16 View Article Figures Tables PDF PDF Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation Jerger, J. & Jerger, S. (1965). Critical Evaluation of SAL Audiometry. J Speech Hear Res, 8(2), 103-127. doi: 10.1044/jshr.0802.103. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: Critical Evaluation of SAL Audiometry You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × A series of experiments was conducted to evaluate the effects of certain procedural variables on SAL audiometry and to compare SAL and BC threshold hearing levels in subjects with both conductive and sensori-neural hearing loss. Procedural variables included the force of application of the bone vibrator, the duration of bone-conducted noise exposure, the direction of frequency change of the Bekesy audiometer, the linearity of masking functions for air-conducted tones in bone-conducted noise, the masking level difference phenomenon, the acoustic reflex, and the effect of occlusion. SAL and BC threshold hearing levels were then compared in 10 subjects with asymmetrical conductive loss and 10 subjects with asymmetrical sensori-neural loss. In all subjects the presence of a severe or total sensori-neural loss on the non-test ear permitted the valid measurement of bone-conduction thresholds without the use of masking on the non-test ear. Subscribe to view more For full access to this article, log in to an existing user account, purchase an annual subscription, or purchase a short-term subscription. Order a Subscription Subscribe Pay Per View Entire Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research content & archive 24-hour access $30.00 Buy Now This Article 24-hour access $15.00 Buy Now Become a Visiting Scholar Sign In or Create an Account Please sign in using your ASHA.org login. If you do not have an ASHA login, you may register with us for free by creating a new account. Sign In or Create an Account Related Articles Related Topics