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the electrical potential generated in the auditory hair cells of the organ of Corti in response to acoustic stimulation; called also cochlear potentials and Wever-Bray phenomenon.Medical dictionary. 2011.
microphonic — mi·cro·phon·ic .mī krə fän ik adj 1) of or relating to a microphone: serving to intensify sounds 2) of or relating to the cochlear microphonic microphonic n COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC * * * mi·cro·phon·ic (mi″kro fonґik) 1. serving to amplify… … Medical dictionary
cochlear — Relating to the cochlea. c. microphonic (kok′le ar mi kro fon′ik) bioelectric potentials produced by the hair cells of the organ of Corti in response to sound that faithfully represent the frequency and intensity of the acoustic stimulation. SYN … Medical dictionary
cochlear potentials — see under microphonic … Medical dictionary
Wever-Bray phenomenon — cochlear microphonic … Medical dictionary
potential — 1. Capable of doing or being, although not yet doing or being; possible, but not actual. 2. A state of tension in an electric source enabling it to do work under suitable conditions; in relation to electricity, p. is analogous to the temperature… … Medical dictionary
ECochG — Unter Elektrocochleographie, abgekürzt ECochG, versteht man eine Untersuchungsmethode der Hals Nasen Ohren Heilkunde zur Messung von Potentialen, die als Antwort auf akustische Reize innerhalb der Schnecke (Cochlea) erzeugt werden. Die gemessene… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Elektrocochleographie — Unter Elektrocochleographie, abgekürzt ECochG, versteht man eine Untersuchungsmethode der Hals Nasen Ohren Heilkunde zur Messung von Potentialen, die als Antwort auf akustische Reize innerhalb der Schnecke (Cochlea) erzeugt werden. Die gemessene… … Deutsch Wikipedia
cM — A centimorgan, a unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one genetic locus will be separated from a marker at another locus due to crossing over in a single generation. In humans, 1 cM… … Medical dictionary
phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… … Medical dictionary
Wever-Bray phenomenon — We·ver Bray phenomenon (weґvər braґ) [Ernest Glen Wever, American psychologist, 1902–1991; Charles William Bray, American otologist, 1904–1982] cochlear microphonic … Medical dictionary
