Oscillography of the middle ear structure on the temporal bone preparation are of essential importance for the expansion of our knowledge concerning physiological process and thus also for the further development of operation techniques that improve hearing. With the increased technical possibilities we are now able to make processes in the range of only few A measurable and visible. Accordingly, the methods employed for this purpose are complicated and manifold. The goal of this paper is to summarize these techniques as far as possible, to describe them in an understandable way, and to briefly point out their pros and cons. Optical methods, nearly all of which are in use today, as well as new methods such as laser interferometry and the Moessbauer technique, which can be performed only in few laboratories, are discussed.