| Type | MGI:General | Description | at 4 weeks of age, stereocilia of inner hair cells vary in length and compactness, by 8 weeks of age, many stereocilia appear to collapse against their nearest neighbors, by 16 weeks, stereocilia are elongated and adhere to their neighbors, and at 24 weeks, stereocilia elongate even further and there are fewer stereocilia per inner hair cell stereocilia are thicker at the base than in the middle or tips the few remaining inner hair cell stereocilia are arranged in a single row rather than 3 rows outer hair cell stereocilia show loss of structural integrity, particularly those in the outermost row |
