Definition of Sensorineural hearing loss

1. Noun. Hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve.

Exact synonyms: Nerve Deafness
Generic synonyms: Hearing Disorder, Hearing Impairment

Medical Definition of Sensorineural hearing loss

1. A form of deafness that occurs due to dysfunction of the auditory nerve (cranial nerve VIII). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensorineural Hearing Loss

sensorgram
sensori-
sensori-volitional
sensoria
sensorial
sensorially
sensoriglandular
sensorimotor
sensorimotor area
sensorimotor region
sensorimotor theory
sensorimotoric
sensorimuscular
sensorineural
sensorineural deafness
sensorineural hearing loss (current term)
sensorium
sensoriums
sensorivascular
sensorivasomotor
sensorless
sensors
sensory
sensory(a)
sensory activity
sensory amblyopia
sensory amusia
sensory aphasia
sensory areas
sensory ataxia

Literary usage of Sensorineural hearing loss

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age Pages (1993)
"sensorineural hearing loss involves damage to parts of the inner ear or auditory nerve. When sensorineural hearing loss occurs in older people, ..."

2. Clinician's Handbook of Preventive Services: Put Prevention Into Practice by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... or both; birth weight of less than 1500 g; presence of a syndrome known to include sensorineural hearing loss; presence of craniofacial anomalies; ..."

3. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"The association between congenital or early-onset hearing impairment, particularly sensorineural hearing loss, and impaired speech and language development ..."

4. Task Force on Education for Children With Disabilities, Year Ii, Minnesota by Elizabeth Carlson, Jo Gascoigne, Dixie Jordan (1994)
"... by a certified licensed audiologist that verifies a pupil has one of the following: (1) a sensorineural hearing loss with an unaided pure tone average, ..."

5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"A detailed analysis of risk factors for the development of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) was carried out in 199 forest workers. The hearing threshold of ..."

6. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... and the fact that middle ear conduction deficits may be superimposed on previously undetected sensorineural hearing loss due to other conditions. ..."

7. Emergency And Continuous Exposure Guidance Levels For Selected Submarine by Best, National Research Council (U.S.), Committee on Toxicology (2007)
"(2003) reported two cases of CO poisoning that resulted in sensorineural hearing loss. The subject of the acute poisoning case, a 30- year-old man, ..."

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