​Sensorineural Hearing Loss

  • Recently, a bollywood playback singer was diagnosed with Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
  • SNHL occurs when the inner ear or the actual hearing nerve itself becomes damaged.
  • The spiraling organ inside the inner ear called the cochlea contains tiny hair known as stereocilia.
  • The hair converts vibrations from sound waves into neural signals that the auditory nerve carries to the brain.
  • When some of the hair cells in the cochlea are exposed to sounds louder than 85 decibels, they get fragile and can later also get damaged which can impact ....
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