hearing loss (sensorineural)
Last reviewed 03/2023
- sensorineural hearing loss
- includes lesions that affect the inner ear ( cochlea) and the neural pathways(auditory nerve) to the auditory cortex
- affects both children and adults
- adults are mostly affected
- in children it is classified as
- acquired (nonhereditary) congenital hearing loss
- hereditary congenital hearing loss
- majority are autosomal recessive
- associated with many congenital syndromes (1)
Reference:
(1) differential diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss ,Jon E. Isaacson, American Family Physician
hearing and vestibular function assessment
sudden sensorineural hearing loss