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. 2000 Jan 4;97(1):454–459. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.1.454

Table 1.

Effects of drug administration on the power of otoacoustic emissions

Drug doses Power (μPa2) in frequency band (kHz)
No. of ears
0.5–1.0 1.0–2.6 2.6–5.2 Total
Single acetylsalicylic acid
 Control (total power above 3000 μPa2) 970 ± 100 2050 ± 150 760 ± 40 3780 ± 140 8
 0 hr < t < 1 hr 675 ± 109* 1499 ± 217* 578 ± 110 2752 ± 379*
 1 hr < t < 2 hr 683 ± 98* 1971 ± 244 822 ± 131 3478 ± 414
 Control (total power below 3000 μPa2) 370 ± 120 760 ± 260 400 ± 120 1540 ± 320 5
 0 hr < t < 1 hr 389 ± 103 1098 ± 113* 686 ± 115* 2177 ± 110
 1 hr < t < 2 hr 506 ± 106 1337 ± 142* 509 ± 102 2357 ± 216*
Repeated acetylsalicylic acid
 Control 790 ± 100 1970 ± 190 560 ± 50 3320 ± 230 16
 3–7 days 752 ± 105 911 ± 302 233 ± 69 1896 ± 430
Single gentamicin
 0 min < t < 20 min 749 ± 119 1690 ± 408 742 ± 98 3180 ± 548 8
 20 min < t < 80 min 398 ± 112* 995 ± 313 513 ± 164 1909 ± 533*
 80 min < t < 140 min 725 ± 110 1229 ± 227 621 ± 173 2581 ± 377
Single kanamycin
 0 min < t < 20 min 658 ± 97 2288 ± 1077 400 ± 143 3346 ± 1308 4
 20 min < t < 80 min 391 ± 111 1981 ± 138 592 ± 46* 2932 ± 217
 80 min < t < 140 min 365 ± 78* 726 ± 889 296 ± 175 1388 ± 1112

Values of emission power are expressed as means ± SEM for the indicated number of ears. * Indicates a difference from the control value significant at the level P < 0.05; † indicates a difference from the control value significant at the level P < 0.001.