Abstract
Using the scanning and transmission electron microscopes, an attempt was made to correlate morphological and behavioral data from conditioned chinchillas following their exposure to a presumably subtraumatic level of noise that produced asymptotic TTS. Varying degrees of morphological change in the sensory cells, which could be attributed to the noise exposures, were observed in these animals. Changes included giant cilia formation, sensory cell debris, cellular swelling, and scar formation. Changes also appeared in the stria vascularis. These morphological changes were most pronounced in the apical turn of the cochlea. Our preliminary data appear to support the idea that sensory cell degeneration occurs even after exposure to a noise level considered subtraumatic and which apparently does not produce permanent changes in behavioral threshold hearing levels.
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