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electrocochleography

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electrocochleography /elec·tro·coch·le·og·ra·phy/ (-kok″le-og´rah-fe) measurement of electrical potentials of the eighth cranial nerve in response to acoustic stimuli applied by an electrode to the external acoustic canal, promontory, or tympanic membrane.electrococh´leographic
e·lec·tro·coch·le·og·ra·phy (-lktr-kkl-gr-f)
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A measurement of the electrical potentials generated by sound simulation in the inner ear.

electrocochleography
measurement of electrical potentials of the eighth cranial nerve in response to acoustic stimuli applied by an electrode to the external acoustic canal, promontory or tympanic membrane.

electrocochleography
Audiology A test for measuring sound-evoked cochlear potentials, which is part of the battery of auditory evoked potential tests, used to diagnose inner ear disease and for intraoperative monitoring of neurosurgery


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All patients had undergone a full evaluation of their hearing loss, including audiometry, otoacoustic emission testing, electrocochleography, and brainstemevoked response testing, depending on the individual's underlying etiology.
8) Electrocochleography may show an increased ratio of summating potential to action potential in patients with perilymph fistulae but, overall, findings can be similar to those in patients with Meniere's disease.
Electrocochleography revealed a summating-potential to action-potential (SWAP) ratio of 0.
 
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