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  • Title: Modifications of cochlear microphonic frequency responses following transient changes of hydrostatic pressure in the perilymph.
    Author: Legouix JP, Avan P, Lenoir M.
    Journal: Hear Res; 1986; 23(2):105-13. PubMed ID: 3745014.
    Abstract:
    Cochlear microphonic potential was recorded with differential electrodes implanted in the various turns of the guinea-pig cochlea. Isointensity frequency responses were plotted in normal conditions and after excessive displacements of the cochlear partition. These displacements were provoked by changes of hydrostatic pressure in the perilymph of scala tympani or scala vestibuli. Typical modifications of the frequency response were observed. The most noticeable was a division in two parts of the response zone which suggested the existence of two resonance peaks. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that changes of hydrostatic pressure provoked alterations of the stereocilia in the outer rows of external hair cells, probably in relation with a decoupling of the tectorial membrane from the organ of Corti. These results are discussed in terms of possible alterations of cochlear micromechanics.
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