TABLE 2.

Pair-wise comparisons (Wilcoxon rank sum test) of mean outer sulcus cell counts derived from three mid-modiolar sections between five different cochlear locations for four patient groups

Turn	p Value
	Normal	Meniere	Slope	Flat
Upper basal vs. lower middle	0.6377	0.0314a	0.6460	0.2755
Upper basal vs. upper middle	0.3698	0.2912	0.4170	1.0000
Upper basal vs. lower apical	0.0642	0.1610	0.3168	0.4559
Upper basal vs. upper apical	0.0000c	0.0000c	0.0018b	0.0277a
Lower middle vs. upper middle	0.2155	0.5716	1.0000	0.5393
Lower middle vs. lower apical	0.0262a	0.0055b	0.6732	0.3079
Lower middle vs. upper apical	0.0000c	0.0000c	0.0001c	0.0597
Upper middle vs. lower apical	0.2392	0.0335a	0.6168	0.4516
Upper middle vs. upper apical	0.0000c	0.0000c	0.0001c	0.0157a
Lower apical vs. upper apical	0.0000c	0.0003c	0.0001c	0.0239a

^ap < 0.05.

^bp < 0.01.

^cp < 0.001.