“…*Corresponding author Henry C. Ou, University of Washington, VMB Hearing Research Center,Box 357923,Seattle,Telephone: (206) Fax: (206) Email: henryou@u.washington.edu.Cisplatin is known to cause hair cell death, with the outer hair cells showing greater susceptibility than inner hair cells;the cisplatin derivative carboplatin is thought to cause primarily inner hair cell death in some species (Takeno et al, 1994;Wake et al, 1993). Cisplatin is also thought to have damaging effects on the stria vascularis, spiral ganglion cells, and possibly the supporting cells of the inner ear (Saito and Aran 1994;Zheng et al, 1995;Campbell et al, 1999;Cardinaal et al, 2000a;Ramirez-Camacho et al, 2004).…”