A transtympanic needle was used to inject electric current near the round window niches of totally deaf ears. Bursts of 50- or 100-Hz square waves evoked hearing from most of the tested ears. Various stimulus waveforms were used to show the usual phenomena of nerve excitation (eg, anode break excitation, anodal current inhibition, and cathodal current excitation).
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