One might reasonably anticipate that instillation of any topical cochleotoxic agent into the middle ear would primarily affect the inner hair cells responsible for ultrahigh-frequency hearing that are closest to the round window membrane portal of entry.

How serious a problem is topical aminoglycoside ototoxicity? by Rutka, John / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Histopathologic studies have shown that outer hair cells are more sensitive to ototoxic injury than are inner hair cells.

New developments in our understanding of ototoxicity by Roland, Peter S. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

The hypothesis that subjective tinnitus is primarily caused by glutamate excitotoxicity at the synapses between inner hair cells and their afferents in the cochlea has been confirmed.

Pharmacologic manipulation of the labyrinth with novel and ... by Water, Thomas R. Van De / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

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