| Type | MGI:General | Description | at 6 weeks of age, homozygotes display a loss of supporting cells while hair cells in the organ of Corti are still present supporting cells between the outer hair cells and the spiral ligament appear to be lost first between 2 and 3.5 months, mutants show dysmorphic changes in the inner sulcus supporting cells, located between the inner hair cell and spiral limbus, while the spiral ganglion remains intact |
