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  • Title: The pathogenesis of stereocilia abnormalities in acoustic trauma.
    Author: Thorne PR, Duncan CE, Gavin JB.
    Journal: Hear Res; 1986; 21(1):41-9. PubMed ID: 3957794.
    Abstract:
    Stereocilia abnormalities develop in anesthetized guinea pigs within two minutes of exposure to loud sound (3 kHz, 125 dB SPL). Displacement, fracture, fusion and membrane rupture were observed well before the development (after 10 or more minutes) of fine structural changes to other cytoplasmic organelles within the hair cells. Thus stereocilia abnormalities can arise very rapidly due to the direct effects of noise on their microfilaments, cross linkages and limiting membranes. Such abnormalities are thus not necessarily secondary to changes in the body of the affected hair cells.
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