2005;8(6):46-49. Hearing loss that occurs instantaneously or over a period of a few days without immediately apparent cause is called Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (ISSNHL).

This type of hearing loss is usually permanent. SNHL makes even distinct, normal, or loud sounds seem muffled or unclear. Treatments for sensorineural hearing loss include antibiotics or surgical ...

Congenital hearing loss refers to impaired auditory function that occurs due to genetic causes. GJB2 is the gene responsible ...

Knowing the warning signs can give you the best chance to save your hearing before it becomes too late to fix the damage ...

Generally, virus-induced hearing loss is sensorineural, though conductive and mixed hearing loss is possible. Bacterial infections of the middle ear are generally conductive hearing loss.

While hereditary hearing loss presents challenges, the latest innovations in hearing technology, combined with strong family support, allow those affected to thrive. Hearing loss is one of the ...

OTOF is mutated in a small percentage of cases of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), the most common form of deafness affecting up to two per 1,000 newborns. The first child – who was treated ...

Several groundbreaking studies have examined the connection between hearing loss and Alzheimer’s risk: A Johns Hopkins ...

It depends on what kind of hearing loss it is. If they have fluid in their ears, we can place tympanostomy tubes and remove that fluid. And that's the cure for the majority of children. If it's a ...

An R75W mutation in the gap junction β2 (GJB2) gene causes severe fragmentation of gap junction plaques, connecting adjacent ...

The boy, who had sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) due to mutations in the otoferlin gene, saw his hearing restored within a month of a one-shot administration of AK-OTOF into the cochlea of the ...

Sensorion (FR0012596468 – ALSEN) a pioneering clinical-stage biotechnology company which specializes in the development of novel therapies to restore, treat and prevent hearing loss disorders, today ...