TABLE 1

Statistical comparison of distortion product otoacoustic emission thresholds between sham- and noise-exposed WT, NO-GC1 KO, and NO-GC2 KO mice

DPOAE Thresholds (dB SPL)
kHz4 kHz5.6 kHz8 kHz11.3 kHz22.6 kHz32 kHz
NO-GC WT>0.9999N.S.>0.9999N.S.0.1157N.S.<0.0001***0.0029**>0.9999N.S.
NO-GC1 KO>0.9999N.S.>0.9999N.S.>0.9999N.S.<0.0001***0.0045**>0.9999N.S.
NO-GC2 KO>0.9999N.S.>0.9999N.S.0.1101N.S.0.0001***0.2016N.S.>0.9999N.S.
  • N.S., not significant.

  • Bonferroni corrected P values: ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05