SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS

This type of hearing loss occurs if there is any defect in the inner ear or in the cochlear nerve. So sensorineural hearing loss has two varieties that is cochlear which is due to defect in inner ear and retrocochlear due to defect in cochlear nerve pathway. As campared to conductive hearing loss, the patient says that he can listen to the sound but not able to comprehend the sound. There are different treatment modalities. For medical treatment, we can give methylcobalamine, vasodilators and other drugs. Otherwise hearing aids can help the patient to some extent.