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Original Article

Effect of Click Spectrum and Polarity on Round Window N1N2 Response in the Rat1

Pages 29-43 | Received 10 Dec 1984, Accepted 22 Apr 1985, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

The effect of the duration of click stimuli on the compound action potential recorded from the round window in the rat and the effect of low-pass filtering of short click sounds were studied. Thus the intensity functions of the round window N1 potential have a two-segment course and there is a difference in the response to rarefaction and condensation clicks, depending upon the content of low-frequency components in the click stimulus. The intensity function of the rat's response to broadband clicks does not show the same two-segment course as has been reported in experiments in other animals, and there is little difference between the response to condensation clicks and that to rarefaction clicks in this animal. However, when the duration of the click is increased or when broadband clicks are subjected to low-pass filtering, the intensity functions in response to condensation clicks do show a change in course, while the response to rarefaction clicks remains essentially unchanged. A similar change in the response to a broadband click can be induced by adding a low-pass-filtered click to the broadband click. The response to such a combination is not only a linear summation of the neural response to the individual components of the stimuli and the cochlear microphonics, but the low-frequency components that are added also affect the response to the broadband click, mainly by reducing the amplitude of the response.

L'effet de la durée du clic sur le potentiel d'action composite enregistré sur la fenětre ronde chez le rat et l'effet du filtrage passe-bas de clics brefs furent étudiés. Les courbes d'amplitude et de latence du pic N1 sur la fenětre ronde en fonction de l'intensité présentent deux parties et il y a une différence entre les réponses aux clics de raréfaction et de condensation qui dépend du contenu spectral du clic aux basses fréquences. Chez le rat la courbe d'amplitude pour des clics large-bande ne présente pas la měme progression en deux parties que celle qui a été décrite chez d'autres espèces, et il y a peu de différence entre les réponses aux clics de condensation et de raréfaction. Cependant, quand on augmente la durée du clic, ou quand on élimine ses hautes fréquences par filtrage passe-bas, les courbes d'amplitude présentent un changement de pente pour les clics de condensation, alors que les réponses aux clics de raréfaction ne changent pas. Des modifications comparables peuvent ětre induites en ajoutant au clic large-bande un clic filtré passe-bas. La réponse à une telle combinaison n'est pas seulement la sommation linéaire de la réponse nerveuse aux composantes individuelles des stimulations et du potentiel microphonique cochléaire, mais les composantes basse-fréquence qui sont ajoutées modifient aussi la réponse au clic large-bande, principalement en réduisant l'amplitude de la réponse.

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