In vitro protection of auditory hair cells by salicylate from the gentamicin-induced but not neomycin-induced cell loss

► Salicylate used at the concentration of 10 mM induces inner but not outer hair cell loss. ► Salicylate protects in vitro from gentamicin-induced auditory hair cell loss. ► Salicylate does not protect in vitro from neomycin-induced auditory hair cell loss.