Goldman, Weiler, and Davis (1981), Davis and Weiler (1975), etc. found an increase in reaction time (RT) to 400‐Hz test tones accompanying a 500‐Hz adapting tone. Tests were only done after 7 min of the adapting tone. Goldmanet al.(1983) reported on sequential reaction times taken from 15 s to 3 min after the adapting tone began, and found that only the 15‐s test showed an increase in RT, with later times not significantly different from baseline. The current data extends this finding into the “recovery” period following cessation of the 500‐Hz adapting tone. The initial recovery RT showed an unexpected increase in latency followed by shorter values not significantly different from baseline. As the changes in RT during adapting did not show learning across repeated sessions, an alternate explanation based on attention will be discussed.