electrocochleography


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electrocochleography

 [e-lek″tro-kok″le-og´rah-fe]
measurement of electric potentials of the eighth cranial nerve in response to acoustic stimuli applied by an electrode to the external acoustic canal, promontory, or tympanic membrane.
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e·lec·tro·co·chle·og·ra·phy

(ē-lek'trō-kok'lē-og'ră-fē),
A measurement of the electrical potentials generated in the inner ear and auditory nerve as a result of sound stimulation.
[electro- + L. cochlea, snail shell, + G. graphō, to write]
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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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e·lec·tro·co·chle·og·ra·phy

(ĕ-lek'trō-kok-lē-og'ră-fē)
A measurement of the electrical potentials generated in the inner ear as a result of auditory stimulation.
[electro- + L. cochlea, snail shell, + G. graphō, to write]
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