Extra-tympanic electrocochleography.
A non-invasive technique for recording the cochlear action potential in adults without recourse to sedation or local anaesthesia is presented. This technique has been assessed in two ways: (1) A group of normal subjects was tested to obtain distributions of response amplitude and latency as functions of stimulus intensity. (2) A group of patients with Meniere's disease was tested with trans- and extra-tympanic electrocochleography to compare the intensity amplitude functions and wave-forms obtained from the two methods. On the basis of this study the use of extra-tympanic electrocochleography as a replacement for the trans-tympanic method is discussed.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000200:Action Potentials; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D008722:Methods