Can sensorineural hearing loss lead to complete deafness?
Marisa Lauren asked:
I am only 15 and i just found i have Sensorineural hearing loss - they are not sure if it will get worse or not…but if it does could it lead to complete deafness down the road?
This entry was posted
on Saturday, January 24th, 2009 at 12:00 am and is filed under Other - Diseases.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
I am only 15 and i just found i have Sensorineural hearing loss - they are not sure if it will get worse or not…but if it does could it lead to complete deafness down the road?
January 24th, 2009 at 9:44 am
It depends on what caused the sensorineural hearing loss. Unless you post more information, you shouldn’t believe any yes/no answers people post
January 24th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
It can… depending on if it’s progressive or not. Many genetic hearing losses are not progressive. Some are… it’s really hard to tell you either way. It’s something to talk to your audiologist about. I’m sure you’ll get a follow-up eval done in 6 months, and that will tell how much or if it’s progressing.
It may also be something that you should talk to a genetic counselor about… depending on the gene affected (if it is genetic), that will tell you if it will progress. Also know that hearing losses are extremely variable. Just hang in there for the time being. If you were only diagnosed at 15, I’m assuming your loss isn’t too bad at this point. Do whatever you can to learn about it and why it happened.