Sensorineural hearing loss causes are responsible for almost ninety percent of hearing loss in the United States.

This type of hearing loss is also referred to as nerve deafness. Nerve deafness is somewhat appropriate for this medical problem but not entirely the cause.

Those over 65 years of age account for twenty-three percent of those affected by Sensorineural hearing loss causes in America.

Sensorineural hearing loss causes are due to some sort of damage to the auditory nerve or the cochlear nerve. The cochlear nerve is responsible for getting sound to the brain.

Sensorineural is most commonly used when talking about a lesion in the eighth nerves or the cochlear area of the ear. Diagnosing this pattern of hearing loss can only be found through the use of the audiometer. This differentiates between the amount of air conduction and bone conduction.

Individuals who have defects in the cochlear region cannot pass OAE testing. Individuals with eighth nerve (auditory) deficiency cannot pass BAER testing.

The most common Sensorineural hearing loss causes are a result of old age, ototoxic medication use (large doses of aspirin and diuretics), Menieres disease, exposure to loud noises, immune disorders, and inner ear trauma. Tumors are a rare occurrence in this type of hearing loss but metastatic cancer, such as those found in the breast, can be one of the Sensorineural hearing loss causes.

Use of high amounts of aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs can be linked also. Diabetic individuals experience gradual Sensorineural hearing loss whereas others will have it come on suddenly. This is worsened by the ear infections diabetics suffer from. Because it is an autoimmune disorder, the autoimmune drugs play a factor in how quickly the hearing goes. Getting control of diabetes seems to be the best way to slow this loss of hearing.

Sensorineural hearing loss causes due to noise is a result of damage to the cochlear. One-fourth of the work force in America is exposed, on a regular basis, to noise that can be potentially damaging to their ears. For this reason, the government has set forth standards to regulate the allowable amount of noise one should be exposed to. Workers in or around 1960 were exposed to higher noise levels because of having no laws in place to mandate hearing protection.

Sensorineural hearing loss causes are mainly general in nature but, in some cases, with proper ear protection and keeping noise to a bearable level, the amount of hearing