Different Types of Hearing Loss

1. Sensorineural Hearing Loss Conductive Hearing Loss Mixed Hearing Loss See an audiologist for a hearing evaluation to determine if you have hearing loss. Together the best treatment options can be determined for you. Types of Hearing Loss

3. Also known as “nerve loss”

4. Why?

5. Damage to the microscopic hair cells within the inner ear and/or nerve of hearing

6. Genetic, Age Related, and/or Noise Induced

7. Who?

8. ~90% of all hearing losses

9. Most people who wear hearing aids

10. Remedy

11. Permanent

12. Not treatable by medication or surgery, in most cases

13. Hearing aids are the primary treatment

14. Cochlear implant may be considered for severe or profound casesTypes of Hearing Loss Sensorineural Loss From David J. Lim. Functional Structure of the Organ of Corti: A Review. Hearing Research, 22 (1986) 117-146 Elsevier

16. Often occurs slowly over time

17. Perception

18. Sound clarity is compromised

19. “I can hear but I can’t understand” or “If they’d stop mumbling, I could understand”

20. Trouble listening in noisy environments

21. Constant buzzing or ringing in the ear (tinnitus)Do You Have: Sensorineural Hearing

23. Sound signals do not adequately reach the healthy inner ear

24. Why?

25. Blockage in the ear canal

26. Fluid occupying middle ear space

27. Poor movement of the ossicles

28. Atresia or Stenosis

29. Condition where people are born with very small ear canals or a malformed/absent pinna and ear canal

30. Who?

31. 5% to 10% of all hearing losses

32. Remedy?

33. Generally amendable by medication or surgery

34. Perception?

35. Loudness is compromisedTypes of Hearing Loss Conductive Loss

36. What? Combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing losses Types of Hearing Loss Mixed Loss