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An Electrocochleographic Study

Per Kylén, MD; Stig Arlinger, MD; Lars Jerlvall, MS; Henrik Harder, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1980;106(10):598-601.

Abstract
• Twelve patients were submitted to ossicular dissections for between 2 and 35 minutes during ear surgery. A comparison between premanipulatory and postmanipulatory electrocochleographic threshold determinations did not disclose any threshold shifts. The results lend support to the conclusion that manipulations on the ossicular chain, performed with customary care, are less harmful to the inner ear than other generally recognized threats to the cochlea during surgery, eg, perilymph fistulae and acoustic traumas from the drill.

(Arch Otolaryngol 106:598-601, 1980)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Otorhinolaryngology (Drs Kylén and Harder) and Audiology (Dr Arlinger and Mr Jerlvall), Regional and University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 11, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Regional and University Hospital, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden (Dr Kylén).

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