Boys Town National Research Hospital 1 article published in JoVE Behavior Behavioral Assessment of Hearing in 2 to 4 Year-old Children: A Two-interval, Observer-based Procedure Using Conditioned Play-based Responses Angela Yarnell Bonino1,2, Lori J. Leibold3 1Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 3Center for Hearing Research, Boys Town National Research Hospital This paper describes a procedure for measuring hearing sensitivity in 2 to 4 year-old children. Children are trained to perform play-based responses when they hear a target signal. Thresholds are then estimated in a two-interval, two-alternative forced-choice paradigm, based on observations of the child's behaviors.
