Amplitude measurements of threshold fixed‐frequency Békésy tracings were made for interrupted and continuous tones on normal and pathological ears. Comparison of four attenuation rates (1, 2, 4, and 8 dB/sec) on the same subjects indicates that bottoms of spikes were at similar sound‐pressure levels (SPL) foe different attenuation rates both for interrupted and continuous tones, while the tops and midpoint of spikes were at significantly different levels as attenuation rate varied. Standard audiometry thresholds related best with the SPL of bottoms of spikes of pulsed‐tone tracings in both normal and pathological ears. Doubling the attenuation rate changes amplitude in the ratio of about 1 to 1.62 and increases pen reversals per unit time in the ratio of approximately 1 to 1.23. This is true for both interrupted‐ and continuous‐tone tracings for all frequencies in both normal and pathological ears. Separation between interrupted‐ and continuous‐tone tracings in pathological ears is not significantly different for various attenuation rates when measured between bottoms of spikes for different attenuation rates.