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      Application of Mouse Models to Research in Hearing and Balance

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          <p class="first" id="d1801674e125">Laboratory mice ( <i>Mus musculus</i>) have become the major model species for inner ear research. The major uses of mice include gene discovery, characterization, and confirmation. Every application of mice is founded on assumptions about what mice represent and how the information gained may be generalized. A host of successes support the continued use of mice to understand hearing and balance. Depending on the research question, however, some mouse models and research designs will be more appropriate than others. Here, we recount some of the history and successes of the use of mice in hearing and vestibular studies and offer guidelines to those considering how to apply mouse models. </p><div class="section"> <a class="named-anchor" id="d1801674e130"> <!-- named anchor --> </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d1801674e131">Electronic supplementary material</h5> <p id="d1801674e133">The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10162-016-0589-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. </p> </div>

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                Journal
                Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
                JARO
                Springer Nature
                1525-3961
                1438-7573
                December 2016
                October 17 2016
                December 2016
                : 17
                : 6
                : 493-523
                Article
                10.1007/s10162-016-0589-1
                5112220
                27752925
                780d6904-7ff1-409b-a93a-5a56d2838c3b
                © 2016

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