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Microphonic Potentials from Skin predict Inner Ear Defects in Cats

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APPLICATION of a lock-in amplifier technique to cats with a wide range of cochlear defects1,2 has proved to be a reliable objective method for the detection of cochlear abnormality. It may be broadly applicable in evaluation of hearing in newborn infants or other subjects whose responses are hard to interpret.

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  1. Human Genetics Branch, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health,

    K. S. BROWN

  2. The Eye Research Foundation, University of Maryland, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014

    BARTLEY GORDON & C. R. CAVONIUS

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BROWN, K., GORDON, B. & CAVONIUS, C. Microphonic Potentials from Skin predict Inner Ear Defects in Cats. Nature 228, 1212–1213 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281212a0

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