Comments on: Can a person have Cochlear damage without suffering any hearing loss?

By: ABBABABE

ABBABABE — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:42:12 +0000

People often don’t realise they have some deafness. Or they may get tinnitus.

By: 8162008

8162008 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:33:36 +0000

That is a tough one. Kind of. Typically with damage to Cochlea you would see hearing loss. However, sometimes there could be damage to cochlea and hearing loss is not really present yet per say. What I mean is say you had “normal” hearing at 0 dB across freqencies. As you get older or are exposed to loud sounds you still have “normal” hearing, but now you hear at 20 dB across frequencies. There is a change in hearing, but it is still considered “normal” hearing from 0-20 dB. Also damage to the cochlea can be manifested as tinnitus (ringing in ears), or possibly auditory processing problems.

By: cdeafiem

cdeafiem — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:40:43 +0000

If there’s damage within the cochlea, there’s going to be hearing loss. Hence why when people are getting cochlear implants, they are always warned that once the implant is in, they will lose whatever hearing they have left in the ear that is being implanted.

By: nicedoc

nicedoc — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:38:17 +0000

There would have to be some hearing loss if there is damage to the cochlea so no.