HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE In contrast to the rather confusing and varied terminology used to describe other AERs, there is relative consistency in referring to this response. Very early papers refer to ”cochlear potentials” and some researchers use the terms “cochlear action potentials” or “cochlear microphonic” potentials. However, most authors and clinicians adhere to the conventional term “electrocochleography” or “electrocochleogram,” as abbreviated ECochG or ECoG. The former abbreviation is possibly more precise, since ECoG may also refer to “electrocorticogram,” an EEG-type recording. Along the same line, the abbreviation “ECG” is not advised because it is also an abbreviation of a diagnostic measure of heart function, the “electrocardiogram.” In this book, therefore, the term electrocochleography, abbreviated ECochG, is used exclusively. Typical ECochG waveforms were shown in Figure 1.1. The response, arising from the cochlea and eighth (auditory) ...