sensorineural deafness
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Sensorineural deafness, also known as nerve deafness, is a hearing disorder resulting from damage to the inner ear's sensory cells or the vestibulocochlear nerve. This damage prevents sound impulses from being transmitted to the brain's auditory center.1
Causes of sensorineural deafness include:
* Injury to sensory cells, such as from excessive noise.1
* Viral infections like mumps, measles, or influenza.2
* Genetic defects affecting the cochlea.3
* Congenital conditions present at birth.13
This type of deafness is typically permanent and cannot be improved through medical or surgical treatments. Audiology is the study and treatment of hearing disorders, and pure-tone audiometry is a common method used to assess hearing sensitivity and diagnose the type and degree of hearing loss.124
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human earTransmission of sound by bone conduction…is amenable to surgery, and sensorineural impairment, which affects the inner ear and the cochlear nerve and for which surgery usually is not indicated.
Read More…is amenable to surgery, and sensorineural impairment, which affects the inner ear and the cochlear nerve and for which surgery usually is not indicated.
Read More- human earTuning-fork tests
…test the presence of a sensorineural impairment is indicated when the individual being tested cannot hear the bone-conducted sound as long as the examiner with normal hearing can. The individual with a conductive hearing loss, however, can hear the fork for a longer period of time than the examiner because…
Read More…test the presence of a sensorineural impairment is indicated when the individual being tested cannot hear the bone-conducted sound as long as the examiner with normal hearing can. The individual with a conductive hearing loss, however, can hear the fork for a longer period of time than the examiner because…
Read More - human earAudiometry
In such cases of sensorineural impairment, surgery is seldom capable of improving hearing, but a hearing aid may be helpful.
Read MoreIn such cases of sensorineural impairment, surgery is seldom capable of improving hearing, but a hearing aid may be helpful.
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