Intra-aural reflexes elicited by a cochlear prosthesis in monkeys.
Objective audiological tests are needed for pre- and postsurgical evaluation of cochlear prosthesis patients who are unable to give reliable subjective responses. In this study we demonstrated that contralateral intra-aural reflexes were elicited by a cochlear prosthesis in the monkey. Reflex variables measured include threshold, latency and amplitude. These findings indicate that the electrically elicited intra-aural reflex response may be useful to evaluate the peripheral auditory system in subjects with sensory deafness.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D012022:Reflex, Acoustic; D013198:Stapedius / Q000294:innervation; D013719:Tensor Tympani / Q000294:innervation