An online headphone screening test based on dichotic pitch
Published in Behavior Research Methods, 2020
Recommended citation: Milne, A.E.*, Bianco, R.*, Poole, K.C.*, Zhao, S.*, Oxenham, A.J., Billig, A.J., Chait, M. (2020). An online headphone screening test based on dichotic pitch. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01514-0 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01514-0
Online hearing research had no reliable way to check that participants were actually wearing working headphones. This three-minute test, built on a pitch illusion that is only audible over headphones, became an international standard for online auditory research. Cited over 300 times, it kept studies running through the pandemic and widened who can take part.