Lecture 8 Flashcards
Explain the birth of the EcochG
- One year after Berger’s discovery of EEG, the first auditory evoked response was recorded from the auditory nerve of a cat (Wever & Bray, 1930)
- It likely wasn’t a neural response – it was the CM
- All early work with EcochG was invasive
Explain the different parts of the EcochG
- CM is following the fluctuations in the stimulus
- CAP is the little burst of activity in the beginning
- DC is the pedestal that the whole thing is riding on
Explain the different responses of the EcochG
- Transient Response (not cochlear)
- CAP (wave I of ABR)… also called N1 (first negativity)
- Sustained Response (cochlear)
- SP (.5-1 uV)
DC shift (basilar membrane motion)
- SP (.5-1 uV)
- Steady-State Response (cochlear)
CM (< .5 uV)
Electrocochleography isn’t all ____
Cochlear
____ and ____ of the ABR are the same thing
CAP, wave I
What is the closet we can get to measure an EcochG without being invasive?
We can get close enough to measure these in humans to not be invasive (just to the edge of the far field of the auditory nerve in the ear canal)
Explain endolymph
- Endolymph is different from all other extracellular fluids
- A very high concentration of potassium ions and low concentration of sodium ions
- Maintained by ion pumps in the vascular (and metabolically demanding) Stria Vascularis
- Very POSITIVE relative to the perilymph (+80 mV)
Explain the intracellular fluid
Normal intracellular fluids also high in potassium but NEGATIVE relative to extracellular fluids (a function of the permeability of the membrane to sodium (about –50 mV)
What is the potential difference?
Therefore, the potential difference is roughly 130 mV—this is the endocochlear potential (i.e., the battery that powers hearing)
What happens when the tiplinks open?
- When the tip links open the ion channels, potassium flows into the inner hair cells, depolarizing the membrane
- Repeatedly as the basilar membrane moves back and forth
What does the sum of the fluctuating fields produce?
- The sum of these fluctuating fields produce the cochlear microphonic—it is the receptor potential of the cochlea
- Predominantly reflecting OHCs
When you lose OHC you lose ____
CM
CM is primarily ____
OHC
What is the summating potential?
- This is a DC shift that occurs while the stimulus is present (a sustained potential)
- Primarily activity at the IHC synapse
- Negative for most stimuli, but can be positive for high-frequency tones when measured from the promontory
What is the difference between CAP and wave I
Difference between CAP between wave I is that CAP goes negative
What are the 3 recording approaches?
Easiest approach
1. Record in the ear canal
Harder approaches
2. Tympanic membrane electrode (put an electrode on the TM)
3. Transtympanic electrode (put a needle through the TM on the promontory, which is between the oval and round window)
- In the near field
Trans-tympanic measurement (TT)
-what is the size of CAP compared to ABR?
- Largest responses (e.g. CAP may be 5-10 µV when recorded trans-tympanically)
- Where as in the ABR the CAP is 0.2 uV
Tympanic membrane electrode (TM)
- These are the ones that go in the cotton ball, soaked in electrolyte fluid, and put it against the TM (half a microvolt bigger)
- A little bit more invasive than extra-tympanic electrode