The Relationships Between Hand Preference Degree and Right and Left Ear Hearing Sensitivities

Sedat AKAR; Mehmet BAYIRLI; Şenol DANE

doi:10.58600/eurjther.1995-6-1-1544-arch

Authors

Sedat AKAR Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fizyoloji ABD. Yrd.Doç.Dr
Mehmet BAYIRLI Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fizyoloji ABD.Arşt.Gör
Şenol DANE Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fizyoloji ABD.Doç.Dr.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58600/eurjther.1995-6-1-1544-arch

Keywords:

Hand preference, auditory asymmetry

Abstract

In this study, the relationships between hand preference degree and right and left ear hearing times were investigated in high school students divided into groups according to their hand preferences. in order to determine hand preference Edinburg handedness inventory was used. A tuning fork with 128 Hz frequency and a digital chronometer were used to assess hearing time. There were positive lineer relationships between hand preference degree and both right and left ear hearing times in right-handed subjects. These relations were negative in left-handed ones. These findings have shown that both right and left ear hearing sensitivities increase as the hand preference degree increases in both right- and left-handed subjects.

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