Neural Hearing Loss: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Neural Hearing Loss

Temporal Bone Fracture

hearing loss. [neuroradiologycases.com]

CSF leak and sensori neural hearing loss are common in otic capsule violating fractures. Mechanical factors: 1. The human skull deforms before actual fracture occurs 2. [drtbalu.co.in]

Neural hearing loss The 8th nerve is hard to damage as it is encased in hard bone. [dizziness-and-balance.com]

Otosclerosis

Sensori-neural (inner ear) hearing loss In some cases the abnormal bone metabolism can go on to affect the inner ear resulting in what is known as a sensory neural hearing [varleyent.com.au]

If the hardening process spreads to the inner ear, it causes a sensori-neural hearing loss. [netwellness.org]

Otosclerotic foci may involve other portions of labyrinth causing sensori neural hearing loss and vestibular abnormalities. [drtbalu.com]

Tympanic Membrane Perforation

 Conductive Hearing loss > 40db suspicion for ossicular discontinuity  Hearing test reveals sensori-neural Hearing Loss, it means inner ear injury 7. [slideshare.net]

Patients with tympanic membrane perforation and pure conductive hearing loss were included in middle ear damage, whereas patients with mixed, pure sensory neural hearing loss [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Malignant Otitis Media

[…] of hair cells Neural hearing loss – The problem is with damage to the vestibulocochlear nerve, CN VIII. [physicianassistantexamreview.com]

Neural loss Acoustic neuroma Multiple sclerosis I came in to see my physician assistant because of… People keep telling me I can’t hear. [physicianassistantexamreview.com]

This is the least common form of hearing loss. [physicianassistantexamreview.com]

Middle Ear Cholesteatoma

hearing loss is not predictive of myocardial infarction: A longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort (SCIENTIFIC REPORTS) Bidirectional association between [hallym.hallym.or.kr]

Web-based Survey (BMJ OPEN) Prevalence of Dizziness and Associated Factors in South Korea: A Cross-Sectional Survey From 2010 to 2012 (JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY) Sudden sensory neural [hallym.hallym.or.kr]

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

loss 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Applicable To Central hearing loss NOS Congenital deafness NOS Neural hearing loss NOS Perceptive hearing loss NOS Sensorineural [icd10data.com]

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code Applicable To Deafness NOS High frequency deafness Low frequency deafness congenital H90.5 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H90.5 Unspecified sensorineural hearing [icd10data.com]

Impacted Cerumen

Age-related hearing loss is characterized by the progressive loss of receptor (hair) cells in the ear, that consequently reduces the quantity, and quality, of neural connections [fhacoahu.com]

Acute Otitis Media

Campylobacter rectus is a member of the human oral flora and is associated with periodontal disease. We report the first case of severe acute otitis media (AOM) due to C. rectus in a previous healthy 15-year-old boy, which was confirmed by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. C. rectus is a possible causative[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tympanosclerosis

Loss Sensorineural hearing loss encompasses disorders that affect the inner ear and the neural pathways to the auditory cortex. [aafp.org]

Causes of Hearing Loss: Medications Viagra and Hearing Loss. [sclero.org]

Sensorineural hearing loss occurs when there is a problem within the cochlea or the neural pathway to the auditory cortex. [aafp.org]

Ear Disease

The Role of Autoimmunity in the Pathogenesis of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Neural Plast. 2018. 2018:7691473. [Medline]. [Full Text]. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Causes of Hearing Loss: Medications Viagra and Hearing Loss. [sclero.org]

For subjects affected by SSc, the restoration of synchronous neural discharge could be achieved by electrical stimulation through cochlear implant. [sclero.org]

Paget Disease of the Bone

loss, neural impingement) are not reversed. [msdmanuals.com]

[…] the vestibulocochlear nerve in the internal auditory canal 14 loss of bone mineral density of the cochlear capsule 15 conductive hearing loss fixation of the middle ear ossicles [radiopaedia.org]

[…] bony origin) is > 2 times the normal level, even in the absence of symptoms Although disease progression can be retarded, existing deficits (eg, deformity, osteoarthritis, hearing [msdmanuals.com]

Mastoiditis

Progressive facial paralysis in the presence of stable conductive hearing loss without a history of chronic otitis media suggests the presence of congenital cholesteatoma.104 [otologytextbook.net]

Facial paralysis associated with chronic otitis media is usually caused by neural compression from the mass effect of cholesteatoma. [otologytextbook.net]

Acute Mastoiditis

Facial paralysis associated with chronic otitis media is usually caused by neural compression from the mass effect of cholesteatoma. [otologytextbook.net]

Tympanoplasty

No worsening of bone conduction threshold indicative of sensori-neural loss seen in any patient in any group. [indianjotol.org]

Hearing gain The preoperative audiogram is compared with the audiogram at 3 months after the surgery. [indianjotol.org]

Serous Otitis Media

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to show that satisfactory results following mastoidectomy can be obtained for the problem of chronic serous otitis. The success of the simple mastoid operation or mastoidectomy with facial recess approach and the subsequent increased aeration of the[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Eosinophilic Granuloma

Eosinophilic granuloma (EG), one of the three clinical forms of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), is a benign inflammatory reaction to an unknown etiologic agent. It most commonly occurs in children and young adults. The most frequently involved bones are the skull, the ribs and the femurs. Alongside the cranium,[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Chronic Serous Otitis Media

OBJECTIVES: To assess various prognostic factors influencing the outcome in paediatric patients with serous otitis media, who have undergone laser assisted tympanostomy without ventilation tube placement. Emphasis is given to children with allergies who underwent the procedure. METHOD: Laser assisted tympanostomy[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Vestibulocochlear Nerve Disease

Neural Hearing Loss The neural component of sensorineural hearing loss involves dysfunction of the cranial nerve which connects the cochlea to the auditory centers of the [everydayhearing.com]

Neural hearing loss due to auditory nerve damage is much less common than conductive hearing loss and is usually irreversible. [deafwebsites.com]

hearing loss present. [en.wikipedia.org]

Treacher-Collins Syndrome

Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a genetic disorder characterized by deformities of the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin. The degree to which a person is affected, however, may vary from mild to severe. Complications may include breathing problems, problems seeing, cleft palate, and hearing loss. Those affected[…] [en.wikipedia.org]

Foreign Body in the Ear

Presentation ReelDx Pearls Diagnosis Treatment Media Patient will present as → an 18-month-old with ear pain and otorrhea. Otoscopic examination reveals a small insect impacted in the ear canal which is still moving. The tympanic membrane appears intact. Irrigation of the external ear can be uncomfortable for the[…] [smartypance.com]

Sensorineural Hearing Impairment

[…] deafness, Sensory-neural deafness, Sensory-neural hearing loss, deafness; perception, hearing; loss, sensorineural disorder, loss; hearing, sensorineural disorder, perception [fpnotebook.com]

Sensorineural hearing loss can be broken down into two different subsections: sensory hearing loss neural hearing loss Sensory Hearing Loss The sensory portion of sensorineural [everydayhearing.com]

Otitic Barotrauma

Study objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of decongestant prophylaxis among first-time underwater divers in the prevention of barotitis media (middle ear squeeze). Design: Randomized, double-blind, prospective clinical trial. Setting: Recreational diving schools in Panama City, Florida. Type of[…] [scholars.opb.msu.edu]

Decompression Sickness

Pollock NW, Natoli MJ, Gerth WA, Thalmann ED, Vann RD. Risk of decompression sickness during exposure to high cabin altitude after diving. Aviat Space Environ Med 2003; 74:1163–1168. Background: Postdive altitude exposure increases the risk of decompression sickness (DCS). Certain training and operational situations[…] [ingentaconnect.com]

Labyrinthine Concussion

Sudden sensory neural hearing loss is relatively frequent. In most cases, the etiology is not discovered. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sudden sensory neural hearing loss (SSHL) caused by intralabyrinthine hemorrhage is extremely rare, and there are few reports in the literature 5. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

hearing loss and vertigo because of a concussive injury to the membranous labyrinth. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Other Acquired Abnormality of Ear Ossicles

Presenting symptoms are tinnitus and bilateral sensori-neural hearing loss. [crackpgmee.org]

 Histologic Otosclerosis: remains asymptomatic and cause neither conductive nor senso-neural hearing loss.  DR. [slideshare.net]

Otosclerotic foci may involve other portions of labyrinth causing sensori neural hearing loss and vestibular abnormalities. [drtbalu.co.in]

Autosomal Recessive Deafness 44

loss Narcolepsy Nathalie syndrome Nephrosis, deafness, urinary tract, digital malformation syndrome Neural hearing loss Neutropenia, monocytopenia, deafness syndrome O/E [icdlist.com]

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is hearing loss due to cochlear (sensory) or VIIIth nerve (neural) auditory dysfunction. [asha.org]

loss Sensory hearing loss Senter syndrome Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia MacDermot type Sudden hearing loss Sudden sensorineural hearing loss Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic [icdlist.com]

Presbycusis

Abstract Presbycusis refers to sensori-neural hearing impairment in elderly individuals resulting from the degenerative changes of aging. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The purpose of this review of the relation between sensory and neural hearing loss is to provide a practical method to screen for neural lesions using pure-tone thresholds [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This compliant was associated with sensory-neural hearing loss the most (72.5%) (Table.2) A sensory-neural pattern was more frequent among females (55%), while four other [biomedpharmajournal.org]

Autosomal Dominant Deafness 11

A pair of male siblings, aged 34 and 28 years each, presented with progressive diffuse optic atro-phy and neural hearing loss. [webview.isho.jp]

Aetiology of bilateral sensori-neural hearing loss in young children. J Laryngol Otol Suppl.; 10:1-57. Ngo RY, Tan HK, Balakrishnan A, Lim SB, Lazaroo DT. [yumpu.com]

Linkage analyses were performed on a Japanese family showing a dominant form of non-syndromic progressive sensori-neural hearing loss. [academic.oup.com]

Autosomal Dominant Deafness 28

A pair of male siblings, aged 34 and 28 years each, presented with progressive diffuse optic atro-phy and neural hearing loss. [webview.isho.jp]

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot : 76 Deafness, autosomal dominant, 28: A form of non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss. [malacards.org]

DFNA28 is a form of sensorineural hearing loss. [abcam.com]

Cochlear Disorder

Retrocochlear hearing loss is a term used to describe a neural or central hearing loss which occurs beyond the cochlea, affecting the vestibulocochlear nerve (auditory nerve [everydayhearing.com]

Otology refers to problems of the outer and middle ear, including infections and hearing loss. [stlouisear.com]

Silverstein,27 reports a 93% success rate in resolving or improving vertigo with no patients demonstrating a total neural hearing loss. [michiganear.com]