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Front Syst Neurosci. 2017 Jan 24;11:2. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00002. eCollection 2017.

Ups and Downs in 75 Years of Electrocochleography.

Frontiers in systems neuroscience

Jos J Eggermont

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of CalgaryCalgary, AB, Canada.

PMID: 28174524 PMCID: PMC5259695 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00002

Abstract

Before 1964, electrocochleography (ECochG) was a surgical procedure carried out in the operating theatre. Currently, the newest application is also an intra-operative one, often carried out in conjunction with cochlear implant surgery. Starting in 1967, the recording methods became either minimal- or not-invasive, i.e., trans-tympanic (TT) or extra tympanic (ET), and included extensive studies of the arguments pro and con. I will review several valuable applications of ECochG, from a historical point of view, but covering all 75 years if applicable. The main topics will be: (1) comparing human and animal cochlear electrophysiology; (2) the use in objective audiometry involving tone pip stimulation-currently mostly pre cochlear implantation but otherwise replaced by auditory brainstem response (ABR) recordings; (3) attempts to diagnose Ménière's disease and the role of the summating potential (SP); (4) early use in diagnosing vestibular schwannomas-now taken over by ABR screening and MRI confirmation; (5) relating human electrophysiology to the effects of genes as in auditory neuropathy; and (6) intracochlear recording using the cochlear implant electrodes. The last two applications are the most recently added ones. The "historical aspects" of this review article will highlight the founding years prior to 1980 when relevant. A survey of articles on Pubmed shows several ups and downs in the clinical interest as reflected in the publication counts over the last 75 years.

Keywords: Ménière’s disease; auditory nerve; auditory neuropathy; cochlear implants; cochlear microphonic; compound action potential; summating potential; vestibular schwannoma

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