On the electrical excitability of the auditory organ on the effect of alternating currents on the normal auditory apparatus.

Evidence is presented which shows that the auditory sensations arising during the flow of alternating currents through an uninjured auditory apparatus, beginning with 100 d.v., entirely correspond to the sensations observed during adequate stimulation. It is suggested that these sensations are the result of the rise in the current circuit of mechanical vibrations which stimulate the cochlea in an ordinary way. The mechanical vibrations do not arise either in the electrodes of the apparatus or in the middle ear cavity. Arguments are brought forward in favor of the possibility of the rise of mechanical vibrations in the cochlea. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)