What is Sensorineural hearing loss?

What is Sensorineural hearing loss?

• Sensorineural hearing loss: Hearing loss due to abnormal functioning or damage to the hearing nerve or the cochlea (inner ear) or the part of the brain that processes sound. The hearing problem may be present at birth or may be acquired through such things as aging, excessive noise or diseases such as meningitis.
• Sensorineural hearing loss: due to lesions of the cochlea and the auditory division of the eighth cranial nerve; problem of cellular dysfunction rather than airborne conduction.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Sensorineural hearing loss: hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Sensorineural hearing loss is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Sensorineural hearing loss, or a subtype of Sensorineural hearing loss, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Sensorineural hearing loss: Introduction

Types of Sensorineural hearing loss:

Broader types of Sensorineural hearing loss:

• Nervous system conditions
• Ear and hearing conditions
• Head conditions
• Speech and communication conditions
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What causes Sensorineural hearing loss?

Causes of Sensorineural hearing loss: see causes of Sensorineural hearing loss
Risk factors for Sensorineural hearing loss: see risk factors for Sensorineural hearing loss

What are the symptoms of Sensorineural hearing loss?

Symptoms of Sensorineural hearing loss: see symptoms of Sensorineural hearing loss

Sensorineural hearing loss: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Sensorineural hearing loss.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Sensorineural hearing loss.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Sensorineural hearing loss: Otolaryngologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Sensorineural hearing loss.
Treatments for Sensorineural hearing loss: see treatments for Sensorineural hearing loss
Research for Sensorineural hearing loss: see research for Sensorineural hearing loss

Name and Aliases of Sensorineural hearing loss

Main name of condition: Sensorineural hearing loss

8th cranial nerve disorder, Acoustic nerve disorder, CN8 disorder, Eighth cranial nerve pathology, Nerve deafness, Neurosensory deafness, Ototoxicity, Sensorineural deafness, Vestibulocochlear nerve disease Source - Diseases Database

Nerve deafness
Source - WordNet 2.1

Hearing loss, sensorineural
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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