title: A non-invasive electrophysiological technique for the measurement of 'tuning'.
abstract: The frequency selectivity of the auditory system is mainly determined by the activity of the cochlea. A method of measuring this selectivity has been developed by recording the extratympanic compound auditory nerve action potential using non-simultaneous masking. This provides a non-invasive 4-point tuning curve centered at 4 kHz which demonstrates the typical features expected from animal experiments. The non-interactive nature of the test makes it easy to perform and normative data has been collected on 10 subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Narula
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010470:Perceptual Masking / Q000502:physiology; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D012016:Reference Values