The middle ear muscle reflex in the diagnosis of cochlear neuropathy

Hearing Research

Volumn 332, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-38

  Valero, Michelle D ^a,b   Hancock, Kenneth E ^a,b   Liberman, M Charles ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic overexposure; Cochlear neuropathy; Hidden hearing loss; Medial olivocochlear reflex; Middle ear muscle reflex; Wideband reflectance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COCHLEAR NEUROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR REFLEX; MIDDLE EAR MUSCLE REFLEX; MOUSE; MUSCLE REFLEX; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY FATIGUE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CBA MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; INNERVATION; MIDDLE EAR; NOISE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

CURARE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; STRYCHNINE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY FATIGUE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEAR NERVE; CURARE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR, MIDDLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; MALE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFLEX; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 84949818634     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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