June 12, 2009

What are the causes of Sensorineural hearing loss?

Rainbow kid asked:


A couple years ago i went and got this test done that checked for nerve damage in my ears. They found nerve damage in my left ear. My mom notice something was wrong when i was a baby. But they didn’t know all of this. I have deafness. It is mild to moderate hearing loss, 40 to 50 db loss. db=decibels.

Joshua

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Comments on What are the causes of Sensorineural hearing loss?

June 16, 2009

angelwithdirtywings2002 @ 4:46 am

James

stress tends to affect your hearing!

tesciowa @ 1:19 pm

Leslie

Causes of sensorineural hearing loss
Common causes include old age, where the hearing pattern is often called presbycusis (see following section), Menieres disease, ototoxic medications (such as high-dose aspirin or certain strong diuretics), immune disorders, and noise exposure (see following section). Trauma (inner ear concussion) can cause both temporary and permanent hearing loss.

13-30% of those with menigntis develop hearing loss (Dichgans et al, 1999; Wellman et al, 2003; Wang et al, 2005). Postmeningitic hearing loss can be due to lesions of the cochlea, brainstem and higher auditory pathways, but usually is related to suppurative labyrinthitis (cochlear). Syphilis can cause hearing loss.

There are manyrare individual causes of sensorineural hearing loss. Tumors in general are a very rare cause of sensorineural hearing loss. Examples are acoustic neuroma and meningioma. Hyperviscosity syndromes such as Von Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia are another rare cause. Superficial siderosis, due to CNS bleeding, can cause a slowly progressive sensorineural hearing loss as well as cerebellar or vestibular disturbances. Kawasacki’s disease is a rare cause of hearing loss in children. Radiation to the ear is often associated with a chronic, progressive hearing deterioration