TY - JOUR
T1 - Tympanic Electrocochleography for Diagnosis of Meniere's Disease
AU - Margolis, Robert H.
AU - Rieks, Deborah
AU - Fournier, Eric M.
AU - Levine, Samuel E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1995/1
Y1 - 1995/1
N2 - Objective: Tympanic electrocochleography (ECOG) is a noninvasive technique for recording cochlear potentials with an electrode placed on the tympanic membrane. Electrocochleography is used clinically in the evaluation of patients for endolymphatic hydrops. This study was undertaken to obtain normative data for ECOG responses to clicks and tone bursts and to determine clinical indicators that result in high test specificities. Design: Three cochlear potentials were measured; the eighth nerve compound action potential, the cochlear microphonic, and the summating potential. The subjects were 53 normal hearing adults with negative histories for symptoms of Meniere's disease. The ECOG responses were measured with a silver wire-rayonwick electrode that was placed on the tympanic membrane under direct microscopic visualization. Stimuli were condensation, rarefaction, and alternating polarity clicks and 1- and 2-kHz tone bursts. Results: Measures that appear to be useful in the evaluation of endolymphatic hydrops include the summating potential to action potential ratio, action potential latency difference to condensation and rarefaction clicks, and the tone-burst-evokedsummating potential. Relationships among these measures were investigated, and abnormal criteria were determined that result in test specificities of 95%. Conclusions: Meniere's disease is viewed as a progressive disease in which ECOG characteristics vary with the disease state. Cases are presented to illustrate ECOG responses in various stages of the disease. The normative data presented in this article are useful for the detection of Meniere's disease in its early stages.
AB - Objective: Tympanic electrocochleography (ECOG) is a noninvasive technique for recording cochlear potentials with an electrode placed on the tympanic membrane. Electrocochleography is used clinically in the evaluation of patients for endolymphatic hydrops. This study was undertaken to obtain normative data for ECOG responses to clicks and tone bursts and to determine clinical indicators that result in high test specificities. Design: Three cochlear potentials were measured; the eighth nerve compound action potential, the cochlear microphonic, and the summating potential. The subjects were 53 normal hearing adults with negative histories for symptoms of Meniere's disease. The ECOG responses were measured with a silver wire-rayonwick electrode that was placed on the tympanic membrane under direct microscopic visualization. Stimuli were condensation, rarefaction, and alternating polarity clicks and 1- and 2-kHz tone bursts. Results: Measures that appear to be useful in the evaluation of endolymphatic hydrops include the summating potential to action potential ratio, action potential latency difference to condensation and rarefaction clicks, and the tone-burst-evokedsummating potential. Relationships among these measures were investigated, and abnormal criteria were determined that result in test specificities of 95%. Conclusions: Meniere's disease is viewed as a progressive disease in which ECOG characteristics vary with the disease state. Cases are presented to illustrate ECOG responses in various stages of the disease. The normative data presented in this article are useful for the detection of Meniere's disease in its early stages.
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U2 - 10.1001/archotol.1995.01890010032007
DO - 10.1001/archotol.1995.01890010032007
M3 - Article
C2 - 7803022
AN - SCOPUS:0028801949
SN - 0886-4470
VL - 121
SP - 44
EP - 55
JO - Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
JF - Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery
IS - 1
ER -