It could be secondary when it follows inner hair cell (IHC) loss or primary as a result of damage of specific ribbon synapses in the IHCs. This primary degeneration can lead to "hidden hearing loss," characterized by normal audiograms and OAEs but great difficulty in understanding speech, ...
Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of hearing loss. It occurs when the inner ear nerves and hair cells are damaged — perhaps due to age, noise damage or something else. Sensorineural hearing loss impacts the pathways from your inner ear to your brain. Most times, sensorineural...
Learn about the types and causes of hearing loss Understand your degree of hearing loss. Discover potential solutions for each type of hearing loss. Every hearing loss story is different, and the causes vary widely from person to person. For example, your hearing loss may affect one ea...
Causes of hearing loss: from infection to exposure to noise. Find out about the common causes of hearing loss on our Amplifon blog.
We asked Paul Farrell of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) for an answer to this one: “Musical Ear Syndrome (MES) is a rare condition that causes patients with hearing loss to have non-psychiatric auditory hallucinations. The hallucinations are usually musical in nature and...
Targeted genomic enrichment and massively parallel sequencing of all known nonsyndromic hearing loss genes were performed to identify the genetic cause of hearing loss. Two patients in 1 family affected with homozygous mutation c.879+1G>A in LOXHD1 showed profound congenital hearing loss, whereas 2 ...
This type of hearing loss can be genetic or stem from serious illnesses. It’s also a natural part of aging for some people. A common cause of sensorineural hearing loss is frequent exposure to loud noises. If you don’t wear earplugs when you’re at loud concerts or near heavy machiner...
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Types and causes of hearing loss There are many reasons why we lose our hearing, but the most common are prolonged exposure to noise and the aging process. Other causes include ear infections, head injuries and certain medications. The good news is you are not alone and you can do ...
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