Electromyographic Correlation of Tensor Tympani and Tensor Veli Palatini Muscles in Man

It is the purpose of this study to attempt a correlation of function, by electromyographic means, of the tensor tympani and tensor veli palatini muscles in humans. Despite the small number of patients tested, it is believed that the similarities and characteristics of the two are unmistakably equivalent. A separate theory for the combined tensor function is discussed in distinction to the stapedius mediated acoustic reflex. The concept of a sin g le tensor muscle, with two anatomic divisions, a common nerve supply, and parallel function, is therefore submitted.