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Electrocochleographic and audiometric evaluation of hypobaric effect in Meniere's disease

Konradsson, Konrad LU ; Carlborg, Björn LU ; Grenner, Jan LU and Tjernström, Örjan (1999) In Laryngoscope 109(1). p.59-64
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the effects of hypobaric pressure on cochlear hydrodynamics in patents with well-defined Meniere's disease. DESIGN: Sixteen patients were consecutively selected. Elevated hearing threshold levels and pathological transtympanal electrocochleography (tt-ECOG) were confirmed at the day of trial. The patients were exposed to repeated episodes of hypobaric pressure in a pressure chamber. The rate (20 daPa/s) and magnitude (-285 daPa) of chamber pressure change were low. The induced tympanic overpressure (+185 daPa) was continuously monitored and any tympanic equilibration was avoided. METHODS: The results of Bekesy and speech audiometry as well as tt-ECOG performed immediately before and after exposure were compared.... (More)
OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the effects of hypobaric pressure on cochlear hydrodynamics in patents with well-defined Meniere's disease. DESIGN: Sixteen patients were consecutively selected. Elevated hearing threshold levels and pathological transtympanal electrocochleography (tt-ECOG) were confirmed at the day of trial. The patients were exposed to repeated episodes of hypobaric pressure in a pressure chamber. The rate (20 daPa/s) and magnitude (-285 daPa) of chamber pressure change were low. The induced tympanic overpressure (+185 daPa) was continuously monitored and any tympanic equilibration was avoided. METHODS: The results of Bekesy and speech audiometry as well as tt-ECOG performed immediately before and after exposure were compared. The importance of chamber pressure change, number of hypobaric episodes, duration of exposure, and the induced relative tympanic overpressure was tested. RESULTS: It is shown that the relative tympanic overpressure is the most important factor to affect the cochlear hydrodynamics. Higher relative overpressure was associated with improvement of hearing threshold levels, while the ECOG results tended to improve with lower induced tympanic overpressure. CONCLUSION: The importance of tympanic overpressure shown in this study is in agreement with previous findings from hypobaric animal experiments. The inverse relation of psychoacoustic and ECOG tests suggests that the two methods evaluate different parameters, perhaps contributing differently to the physiology of hearing. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{OBJECTIVES: To elucidate the effects of hypobaric pressure on cochlear hydrodynamics in patents with well-defined Meniere's disease. DESIGN: Sixteen patients were consecutively selected. Elevated hearing threshold levels and pathological transtympanal electrocochleography (tt-ECOG) were confirmed at the day of trial. The patients were exposed to repeated episodes of hypobaric pressure in a pressure chamber. The rate (20 daPa/s) and magnitude (-285 daPa) of chamber pressure change were low. The induced tympanic overpressure (+185 daPa) was continuously monitored and any tympanic equilibration was avoided. METHODS: The results of Bekesy and speech audiometry as well as tt-ECOG performed immediately before and after exposure were compared. The importance of chamber pressure change, number of hypobaric episodes, duration of exposure, and the induced relative tympanic overpressure was tested. RESULTS: It is shown that the relative tympanic overpressure is the most important factor to affect the cochlear hydrodynamics. Higher relative overpressure was associated with improvement of hearing threshold levels, while the ECOG results tended to improve with lower induced tympanic overpressure. CONCLUSION: The importance of tympanic overpressure shown in this study is in agreement with previous findings from hypobaric animal experiments. The inverse relation of psychoacoustic and ECOG tests suggests that the two methods evaluate different parameters, perhaps contributing differently to the physiology of hearing.}},
  author       = {{Konradsson, Konrad and Carlborg, Björn and Grenner, Jan and Tjernström, Örjan}},
  issn         = {{1531-4995}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{59--64}},
  publisher    = {{Lippincott Williams & Wilkins}},
  series       = {{Laryngoscope}},
  title        = {{Electrocochleographic and audiometric evaluation of hypobaric effect in Meniere's disease}},
  volume       = {{109}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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