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  • Title: Belgian Waterslager canaries are afflicted by Scheibe's-like dysplasia.
    Author: Weisleder P, Park TJ.
    Journal: Hear Res; 1994 Oct; 80(1):64-70. PubMed ID: 7852204.
    Abstract:
    Behavioral investigations of Belgian Waterslager canaries (BWCs) have demonstrated a congenital hearing impairment that primarily affects high frequencies. Research into the surface anatomy of the basilar papilla of these birds has pointed to the hair cells as the site of the lesion. Given that the basilar papilla and the vestibular organs both develop from the otocyst, we were interested in ascertaining whether the vestibular sensory epithelia also displayed abnormal hair cells. The inner ear of adult BWCs was examined by scanning electron microscopy. As expected, hair cells in the basilar papilla of BWCs were abnormal. As for the vestibular parenchyma, abnormal hair cells were detected in only one structure: the sacculus. Morphological abnormalities of the cochlea and sacculus are pathognomonic signs of Scheibe's dysplasia, the most common inner ear defect associated with congenital hearing loss. Our results suggest that BWCs are afflicted by this genetic disorder.
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