title: Age-related auditory loss in the Mongolian gerbil.
abstract: Mongolian gerbils were examined for auditory nerve function at five ages, ranging from 90 to 730 days postpartum. Electrocochleograms were obtained in response to tone pips at frequencies ranging from 1 to 64 kHz. An age-related threshold increase was noted at all frequencies. The pattern of auditory loss is different from that observed in the aged rat, guinea pig, and mouse.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003055:Cochlear Microphonic Potentials; D005849:Gerbillinae; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*