_Behavioural Audiology
In contrast to traditional audiology, behavioural audiology is concerned with auditory behaviour - no surprises there! Traditional audiology is more concerned with establishing whether a person has "normal" or "abnormal" auditory function and, in that sense, can be regarded as more of a "medical" model.
Behavioural audiology, a "functional" model, tries to understand auditory behaviour, behaviour that is associated with "listening". Listening itself is an cognitive behaviour that processes the output from activity of the auditory system. Auditory behaviour can be "covert", which means that it is not directly observable by another person, or "overt", which means that it is.
Behavioural audiology, a "functional" model, tries to understand auditory behaviour, behaviour that is associated with "listening". Listening itself is an cognitive behaviour that processes the output from activity of the auditory system. Auditory behaviour can be "covert", which means that it is not directly observable by another person, or "overt", which means that it is.