Table 2.

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

		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

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