FIG. 9.

Quantitative analysis of permanent noise-related pathology (8-week post-exposure) in cochlear upper basal turn spiral limbus and lateral wall of control and exposed BALB mice. A Among metrics for strial and ligament cell types, as well as strial capillaries (blood vessel density (BVs)), significant differences were only found for type IV fibrocytes and stellate fibrocytes of limbus. B Significant thickness changes were found for stria, but not ligament. P values denote results of two-tailed t test.