Recruitment and diplacusis. Current physiopathological concept
Bonfils, P.; Uziel, A.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 104(3): 213-217
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 3592487 Document Number: 292658
The actual conception of cochlear physiology can explain the semiology of endocochlear hearing losses: mainly recruitment and diplacousis. Recruitment and diplacousis reflect lesions of outer hair cells in the cochlea. Actually, an early detection of these outer hair cells lesions may be a diagnostic priority: this seems possible with recordings of oto-acoustic emissions.