A classical conditioning procedure for the hearing assessment of multiply handicapped persons. Export

@article{citeulike:423805, abstract = {The present study evaluated the viability of a classical conditioning procedure with an air puff as unconditioned stimulus for the hearing assessment of multiply handicapped children and adolescents. All subjects were also exposed to operant conditioning, which consisted of a modified visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA) procedure or involved edible reinforcement contingent on a reaching response (for blind subjects). The findings indicate that the classical conditioning procedure was successful with 21 of the 23 subjects, whereas operant conditioning succeeded with 15 of the subjects. Thresholds obtained with classical conditioning were mostly equal to or within 10 dB of those obtained with operant conditioning and also matched previously available hearing estimates. These findings seem to suggest that the classical procedure can be a useful behavioral alternative for audiological assessment.}, address = {University of Leiden, The Netherlands.}, author = {Lancioni, G. E. and Coninx, F. and Smeets, P. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {423805}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2521683}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=2521683}, issn = {0022-4677}, journal = {J Speech Hear Disord}, keywords = {auditory, behavior\_analysis, conditioning, developmental\_disabilities, hardcopy, respondent}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {88--93}, posted-at = {2005-12-06 23:57:01}, priority = {0}, title = {A classical conditioning procedure for the hearing assessment of multiply handicapped persons.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2521683}, volume = {54}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:423805 L3 - citeulike-article-id:423805 N2 - The present study evaluated the viability of a classical conditioning procedure with an air puff as unconditioned stimulus for the hearing assessment of multiply handicapped children and adolescents. All subjects were also exposed to operant conditioning, which consisted of a modified visual reinforcement audiometry (VRA) procedure or involved edible reinforcement contingent on a reaching response (for blind subjects). The findings indicate that the classical conditioning procedure was successful with 21 of the 23 subjects, whereas operant conditioning succeeded with 15 of the subjects. Thresholds obtained with classical conditioning were mostly equal to or within 10 dB of those obtained with operant conditioning and also matched previously available hearing estimates. These findings seem to suggest that the classical procedure can be a useful behavioral alternative for audiological assessment. IS - 1 JF - J Speech Hear Disord SN - 0022-4677 AD - University of Leiden, The Netherlands. EP - 93 TI - A classical conditioning procedure for the hearing assessment of multiply handicapped persons. VL - 54 SP - 88 KW - auditory KW - behavior_analysis KW - conditioning KW - developmental_disabilities KW - hardcopy KW - respondent AU - Lancioni, GE AU - Coninx, F AU - Smeets, PM PY - 1989/02// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2521683 ER -