Normative data for TM electrocochleography measures

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-02-12
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Objective:Establishnormativedatafortympanicelectrocochleography(TMECochG)parametersinnormalhearingadultswithoutMeniere'sdisease's(MD)symptoms.DescribeTMECochGvariablesthathelptodistinguishnormalfromMDears.Materialandmethods:Weenrolled100subjects(N?200ears),59females,agedbetween19and71yearsfrom09/2010to04/2014.Inclusioncriteria:normalotomicroscopy,hearingthresholds25dBnHLfrom250to4000Hz,normaltympanogram,nosymptomsofMDaccordingtotheAAO-HNS1995criteriaandGibson'sscore<7.Weexcludedsubjectswithdizziness,auralfullnessorothersymptomsofendolymphatichydrops.Thefollowingparameterswereanalyzed:SP/APamplituderatio,SP/AParearatioandthedifferencebetweenAPlatencywithrarefactionandcondensationstimuli.Results:Therewasnosignificantdifferencebetweenrightandleftears(Intraclasscorrelationcoefficient<0.6).SP/APamplituderatiovariedbetween0.084and0.356andSP/AParearatiobetween0.837and1.671(percentiles5and95).TheAPlatencydifferencetorarefactionandcondensationclickswasbetween0.0and0.333ms.Conclusion:NormativedataforTMECochGparameterswereestablishedin100normalhearingsubjectswithoutMD.Thesedatacanbeusedtodistinguishnormalfrompathologicalfindingsandinfollow-upofMDpatients.