Hearing loss is often attributed to common causes such as ageing, exposure to loud noises, or ear infections. However, it can also be a warning sign of a more serious condition, like a brain tumor.

She shared that her doctors went on to diagnose her condition as "a rare sensory neural nerve hearing loss, due to a viral attack". The singer added "that this sudden, major setback has caught me ...

SNHL happens when there’s damage to inner ear structures or in the nerve pathways to the brain. This type of hearing loss is usually permanent. SNHL makes even distinct, normal, or loud sounds ...

Of special concern when considering hearing in aging is the loss ... auditory cortex via the eighth cranial nerve. Most notable in age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) is a loss of hair cells ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, ...

But in mice with genetic hearing loss, cochlear function increased ... Texas and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas. This work was supported ...

Hearing Loss: Does Gender Play a Role ... of the corresponding hair cells and the generation of a cochlear nerve impulse. Thus, the hair cells play a major role in the conversion of mechanical ...