Thornton A R
Audiology. 1976 Jan-Feb;15(1):23-38. doi: 10.3109/00206097609071761.
Electrophysiological measures of cochlear function can be obtained using the techniques of transtympanic electrode and surface electrocochleography. These provide measures of the basic parameters of the cochlear microphonic, cochlear nerve and auditory brainstem nuclei action potentials, which enable the functional mechanisms of the cochlea and auditory pathway to be defined for normally hearing subjects and, by comparison, give diagnostic information about the pathologies involved in auditory disorders. Data are presented on the values and variability of the responses obtained from normally hearing subjects. The comparative values of each technique in estimating auditory threshold, cochlear function and in evaluating neurological conditions are discussed using data from clinical patients.
可使用经鼓膜电极和表面电耳蜗描记术获取耳蜗功能的电生理测量结果。这些测量提供了耳蜗微音器电位、耳蜗神经动作电位以及听觉脑干核动作电位的基本参数，从而能够为听力正常的受试者确定耳蜗和听觉通路的功能机制，并通过比较，提供有关听觉障碍所涉及病理情况的诊断信息。文中给出了听力正常受试者所获反应的值及变异性数据。利用临床患者的数据，讨论了每种技术在估计听觉阈值、耳蜗功能以及评估神经状况方面的比较值。
