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- sensorineural hearing loss
- includes lesions that affect the inner ear ( cochlea) and the neural pathways(auditory nerve) to the auditory cortex
- affects both children and adults
- adults are mostly affected
- in children it is classified as
- acquired (nonhereditary) congenital hearing loss
- hereditary congenital hearing loss
- majority are autosomal recessive
- associated with many congenital syndromes (1)
Reference:
(1) differential diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss ,Jon E. Isaacson, American Family Physician
Last reviewed 01/2018
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