Mercury (Hg2+) suppression of potassium currents of
outer hair cells. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2003; 25: 349-59.
INC: inner hair cell; ns: no significance; OHC:
outer hair cell; P: postnatal day.
Although we have shown
outer hair cell damage in our study through SEM, the causes of ototoxicity need to be explained at the molecular level in future studies.
To observe the effect of Type 2 diabetes on functional status of
outer hair cellsDistortion-product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAE) are the sounds emitted by the
outer hair cells of the cochlea in response to a pair of simultaneously presented pure-tone stimuli.
Clinical Objective 3(a): Screening for
Outer Hair Cell Dysfunction
It has been emphasized that this effect is due to the temporary disorder in
outer hair cells. Virks et al11 indicated that no loss of hearing or damage is caused by ESWL treatment, having conducted numerous studies on 30 patients.
Nuttall, "
Outer hair cell somatic electromotility in vivo and power transfer to the organ of Corti," Biophysical Journal, vol.
The cellular basis for aminoglycoside hearing loss is a destruction of cochlear hair cells, specifically the
outer hair cells. Aminoglycosides generate free radicals within the inner ear by activating inducible nitric oxide synthetase and therefore increasing nitric oxide concentrations.
Since OAE is not related to ion transport through the stria vascularis but associated with
outer hair cell function, another explanation for the discrepancy between audiometric thresholds and DP-OAE results might involve damage to the ion transport system by RIT.
Patuzzi, "The continuing search for
outer hair cell afferents in the guinea pig spiral ganglion," Hearing Research, vol.