Fig. 3

Male and female B6CBAF1/J mice respond differently to 101 dB SPL octave band noise. Threshold shifts were compared between vehicle-treated male and female mice. The dots indicate individual ear threshold shifts, the upper and lower whiskers indicate the maximum and minimum shifts, respectively. a CTS were significantly lower in females when compared to males at 16 and 24 kHz (****p < 0.0001). b PTS values were significantly reduced in females at 16, 24 (****p < 0.001), and 32 kHz (**p < 0.01)