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A comparison of transtympanic and ear canal recorded electrocochleography in clinical practice. 1983

J C Stevens, and D D Jeffries, and J T Buffin

Electrocochleograms were recorded in a routine clinic on 21 patients by the transtympanic method and from a surface electrode in the ear canal. This was to determine whether a non-invasive technique would give the same clinical information as the normal transtympanic technique. Taking the transtympanic technique as the standard for comparison, the ear canal technique produced a significant number of errors in compound action potential threshold and width. The summating potential/compound action potential ratio could only be measured in just over half the ear canal recordings compared with the transtympanic recordings. From these results and a retrospective study of the notes looking at the effect of electrocochleography on diagnosis and management, it was concluded that the ear canal technique was not a substitute for transtympanic electrocochleography where the use of an invasive technique is justified.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011930 Reaction Time The time from the onset of a stimulus until a response is observed. Response Latency,Response Speed,Response Time,Latency, Response,Reaction Times,Response Latencies,Response Times,Speed, Response,Speeds, Response
D004424 Ear Canal The narrow passage way that conducts the sound collected by the EAR AURICLE to the TYMPANIC MEMBRANE. Auditory Canal, External,External Acoustic Canal,External Acoustic Meatus,External Auditory Canal,External Ear Canal,Acoustic Canal, External,Acoustic Canals, External,Acoustic Meatus, External,Auditory Canals, External,Canal, Ear,Canal, External Ear,Canals, Ear,Canals, External Ear,Ear Canal, External,Ear Canals,Ear Canals, External,External Acoustic Canals,External Auditory Canals,External Ear Canals
D004427 Ear Diseases Pathological processes of the ear, the hearing, and the equilibrium system of the body. Otologic Diseases,Otological Diseases,Disease, Ear,Disease, Otologic,Disease, Otological,Ear Disease,Otologic Disease,Otological Disease
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000200 Action Potentials Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
D001299 Audiometry The testing of the acuity of the sense of hearing to determine the thresholds of the lowest intensity levels at which an individual can hear a set of tones. The frequencies between 125 and 8000 Hz are used to test air conduction thresholds and the frequencies between 250 and 4000 Hz are used to test bone conduction thresholds. Audiometries
D001300 Audiometry, Evoked Response A form of electrophysiologic audiometry in which an analog computer is included in the circuit to average out ongoing or spontaneous brain wave activity. A characteristic pattern of response to a sound stimulus may then become evident. Evoked response audiometry is known also as electric response audiometry. Audiometry, Electroencephalic Response,Electrocochleography,Evoked Response Audiometry,Audiometries, Electroencephalic Response,Audiometries, Evoked Response,Electrocochleographies,Electroencephalic Response Audiometries,Electroencephalic Response Audiometry,Evoked Response Audiometries,Response Audiometries, Electroencephalic,Response Audiometries, Evoked,Response Audiometry, Electroencephalic,Response Audiometry, Evoked
D014432 Tympanic Membrane An oval semitransparent membrane separating the external EAR CANAL from the tympanic cavity (EAR, MIDDLE). It contains three layers: the skin of the external ear canal; the core of radially and circularly arranged collagen fibers; and the MUCOSA of the middle ear. Eardrum,Eardrums,Membrane, Tympanic,Membranes, Tympanic,Tympanic Membranes

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