Abstract
Results of the comparison of action potential (AP) and summating potential (SP) parameters in trans- (TT) and extratympanic (ET) methods in 2 normal-hearing ears and 20 hearing-impaired ears with various etiologies and audiogram shapes are reported. In normal and impaired ears the TT/ET ratio of N1 amplitude was intensity dependent and was greater at higher intensities than at lower intensities. N1 latency was identical in both methods. The AP waveform was almost identical in both methods in ears except in a noise-induced hearing loss: N1/N2 ratio was greater in the TT method than in the ET method. In the TT method +SP at high frequency tone bursts and -SP at low frequency tone burst were recorded in Menière's disease and progressive sensorineural hearing loss, while in the ET method only -SP was recorded at a tone burst of each frequency. Origins of N1 and N2 and a clinical value of -SP and +SP are discussed.
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