hearing/vestibular/ear
• latencies of click-evoked ABRs are significantly delayed at all sound intensities
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• 55% of null mice show increased auditory thresholds at 3 weeks of age; after 6 weeks, hearing thresholds of most mice developed into the thresholds of controls
• when tested at 6 months of age, 50% of null mice show hearing threshold elevation at higher frequencies
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• 6 week old null mice are more vulnerable to noise damage than wild-type
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nervous system
• demyelination is observed around the soma of spiral ganglion neurons of null mice; in addition, vacuolation below the cell membrane is observed
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