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Table 2 Values for the percentage of OHC loss within nine frequency ranges measured

From: The impact of biological sex on the response to noise and otoprotective therapies against acoustic injury in mice

  

OHC loss by frequency range

4–5.6 kHz

5.6-8 kHz

8–11.3 kHz

11.3-16 kHz

16–22.6 kHz

22.6-32 kHz

32–45.2 kHz

45.2-51 kHz

51-55 kHz

Controls

Males

0.12 ± 0.12

0.23 ± 0.23

0.34 ± 0.21

0.03 ± 0.03

0.26 ± 0.16

0.23 ± 0.08

0.29 ± 0.10

0.34 ± 0.34

0.15 ± 0.15

Females

0.00 ± 0.00

0.13 ± 0.09

0.06 ± 0.06

0.09 ± 0.06

0.07 ± 0.05

0.10 ± 0.07

0.18 ± 0.12

0.00 ± 0.00

0.18 ± 0.18

DMSO + noise

Males

0.29 ± 0.20

0.23 ± 0.12

0.16 ± 0.08

0.15 ± 0.05

0.22 ± 0.07

0.77 ± 0.23

4.76 ± 1.17

21.8 ± 4.57

45.7 ± 10.3

Females

0.00 ± 0.00

0.02 ± 0.02

0.20 ± 0.08

0.10 ± 0.06

0.35 ± 0.11

0.43 ± 0.16

5.36 ± 2.32

22.4 ± 7.73

45.3 ± 14.2

  1. Progressive OHC loss is seen beginning from 32 kHz. Both male and female animals show a similar pattern of OHC loss. ± represent S.E.M
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Biology of Sex Differences

ISSN: 2042-6410

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