What is Sensorineural Hearing Loss? - Ear Problems 

WOW! That was the clearest explanation of sensorineural hearing loss I've ever been given as a hard-of-hearing hearing aid wearing person. I'm so glad I stumbled onto this one! Other audiologists and hearing instrument specialists should just show everyone this video! Thanks for the explanation, Dr. Cliff!

I LOVE your videos. You have them jam-packed with necessary information. Thank you for being so clear and concise.

As a person with SNHL in both ears, I appreciate how clear you sounded in your videos. I understood very well your videos even though I turned down my volume in a minimum level.

Thank you, Dr. Cliff, for the clear explanation on sensorineural hearing loss! I'm wrapping up my speech-language pathology graduate program with oral exams soon, and your video was a superb refresher on this topic from my audiology coursework years ago.

This was very informative and I have an abundance of understanding thanks to your clear explanation!

This video gave me a deep feeling of anxiety.

Thank you, very clear examples of possible problems with my hearing.

Excellent explanation of hearing loss!

Excellent explanation. I do wear hearing aids now and I have Sensorineural Hearing Loss. I don't recall the audiologist explaining it to me this way. I actually read my health record and see it shows sensorineural hearing loss...although she is very nice, she never explained it to me the way you did in this video. Great job and thanks so much for this information.

I hear less from my right hear , I'm just 18 years old, please help... My parents don't know about it

Good job Dr. Cliff

Damn I wish I went to the doctor when I was younger my hearing on my left ear has been bad since I was seven and now I'm worried it's getting worse

Great knowledge, thanks!

My Sensorineural hearing is perfect. I am very happy because I need to hear screen readers like Voiceover.

thank you doctor

Please God,Heal Them With Your Powerful Hand.

Hello Dr. My 9 year old son has sensonural hearing issue. As per Audiogram & is using hearing aids for the last two years. Still I'm worried that can it be possible to get rid of hearing aids? Your kind advice is requested. Regards.

Great video, thanks

Now I know why old folks always say young folks are always mumbling.

Very good information here.

Thanks for these vidz

Can you please do a video on severe reverse slope hearing loss? I am 26 and had moderate hearing loss my whole life but now it seems to be getting worse & is 'severe' on the audiogram. I was told my type of hearing loss is pretty rare but was left with more questions and would love to learn more!

I just ran across this video while trying to understand why my hearing has gotten so bad. I need to see an audiologist soon (only went once three years ago) because it's bad enough now to where it's impacting how I work. I appreciate your video so much- the way you explained high and low frequency in a noisy environment helps a lot! I think I might be able to help my boss understand better now. Thank you!!

Thank you 😭🙏🏾

Dr. Cliff, I have tinnitus & hyperacusis, and wear protection in environments predictably above 80(ish) dB. I wholly trust you, your audiological opinion, and your sniper background, here, and wanted to get an idea of whether perchance I was having a reactive sort of spike/fullness condition - or a genuine acoustical trauma situation. I cannot visit with an audiologist any time soon, and am a tad concerned. We live in a semi-rural environment, and sometimes guns go off in the vicinity, for whatever reason - but I don't always wear plugs outside in my own yard. Today, I went out to use my reel-mower and enjoy the sounds of nature - but, after nearly an hour, a single shot occurred from the vicinity of where the neighbors often target practice directly behind our property. It must have been muffled some by the new, Spring tree-growth between us, or it came from further out from where they usually shoot, because it did not cause any pain when the waves hit my ear - like it did a time prior. I do have a slight fullness, and a blown-speaker(ish) sound in one ear, and a moderate-to-heavy spike in both though (of course, maybe a bit of it's from stress). Anyhow, just a single shot from probably a 9mm - from at least 25 meters. Lastly, because it sounded like a 9mm pistol, I did the Distance Attenuation Calculator thing, and it said the 9mm's 160 dB was reduced to about 133 dB. Then I looked up the treeline attenuation potential and they put it at up to a 10 dB reduction - or an approximate 123 dB. Other than that, it was mostly cloudy, and that is supposed to mean it didn't disperse as much as on a clear day. Hence, I ask you - the one who knows guns/ears better than anyone: what perchance could one-solitary-low-caliber-shot, under those conditions, mean to my susceptible ears? Please advise, and thank you tremendously for reading, Dr. Cliff.

Dr. Cliff, I have been following your videos intently the last few weeks. I have been experiencing terrible diplacusis. Being a professional violinist and Orchestras teacher this has been a frustrating, discouraging and difficult time. Can you shed any light on the possible cause, treatment that you know of? Additionally, since December of 2020 I have lost nearly all hearing in my right ear. It's very odd because the degree to which I can hear changes day by day and even with in a given day

Doc, I have had this problem in my right ear for about 3 years now but it isn't affecting me in any way so far, the effects have stayed the same since that time but I think I got this from my friend screaming in my ear back then, any possible diagnosis?

Hi, Dr Cliff I recently had moderate sensorineural hearing loss of 45d my audiologist recommended RIC resound one 5 hearing aid. Wanted to know if its the right choice according to my hearing loss. Thank you so much for the informative video.

I always had excellent hearing, then about 25 years ago when I was in my late forties, overnight I developed SNHL. I went to work as normal and found that I couldn’t hear the telephone clearly in my left ear. I had the phone replaced, but had no improvement. I saw a ENT physician and I learned for the first time about SNHL. He sent me to have an MRI to eliminate the presence of any tumor or other cause (negative), but other than that no treatment options were available. My right ear improved-not to 100 percent-but the left ear continued to get worse. I now wear hearing aids; they have some limitations, which I’m sure is different for everyone. However, today’s technology is great. A side note: I had difficulty hearing, but during the COVID epidemic, trying to hear people who were wearing masks and/or standing behind a plexiglass shield was maddening. I still think everyone mumbles.😊

Always enjoy your videos. Honest and informative. Yet, I've always wondered why you looked familiar to me, yet I've never been in Arizona. Today it just hit me - Jim Carrey. Anyone else notice this? 🤨

Would you have a video or feedback from patients on life with a CROS? Or similar aid? I am 40 now and have had SSD since age 1, I would like to know if patients who've introduced a hearing aid long after the onset of their deafness have experienced good benefit from it? E.g. to what degree are the main defects of SSD improved - like hearing in noisy environments, localisation, etc.? I would love to hear ;) if they feel their hearing is substantially aided by a CROS or similar. I find social situations so exhausting with just one ear.

Can you do a video on reverse curve hearing loss please? I had a sudden loss in one ear in my thirties. Old analog hearing aid was 👎 so getting my first hearing aid (thirty plus years later) supposed to be helpful now. Is my type of loss (reverse curve) common?

Dr. Cliff, Thank you so much for the informative video's. Can you clarify that it's possible via testing to determine the type of sensioneural hearing loss that is being experienced?

Thanks Doctor Cliff. I have a neurological disability called Auditory Processing Disorder. Would hearing aids be better for me ? 👂👍Watching from London UK. 🇬🇧

I have like crickets/ringing sounds on my right ear cause of hearing loss :( how will I fix this,will it just go away or go to the doctor??

I have susac disease. I have this type but can not be helped by amplification. Bone conduction works great. But baha is not fda approved for that

Hi Dr. Cliff, I am taking classes to finish my BSN and I have to write a paper about Nerve Deafness. I was wondering if Sensorineural Hearing Loss is the same thing? I hope you reply. Thank you !

Hi Dr cliff I wear hearing aids and I love that I can hear netter and what if I totally lose my hearing

I can't hear with my right ear since childhood. :( It's sensorineural hearing loss. And there is no treatment of it (according to my doctor). I wish I could hear someday with my ear. I want to experience how it feels.

What about cookie bite hearing loss? What kind of hearing aid would you recommend for this? Style and brand?

I had a really bad ear infection on my right side and it seems now that my hearing is just fucked. I can hear but it's usually muffled, sounds like I'm underwater sometimes. It's so frustrating because I constantly have to get people to repeat themselves and I rely on lipreading sometimes. I haven't seen a doctor yet but I'm so scared that it could be a tumor or something. The noise thing is definitely something I experience - everything just gets drowned out and I can't make sense of anything.

I have this!!!

super good

Good evening sir. If we use head phone set, does it really leads to severe hearing loss? And how long period that we avoid hearing loud noise exposure? I mean, does it take how much time that hearing loud speakers may causes dangerous hearing loss? kindly reply me sir.

My ears feels muffled and but I can still hear pretty good it’s just the muffle that annoys me I also read that sinuses can make your ears feel this way it started in the right but now both ears are muffled do you think I’m going deaf?

high frequency hearing loss is most common problem in hearing loss. thats the reason why we hear ringing in the ear or tinnitus.

Hi I know this is an old video but , I have a granuloma on or in front of my right ear drum for the past year , I went to the ENT department a few times and no help...

I have a problem with my hearing since i was infected with Malaria Two years ago i can hear in 30m distance if someone calling but i struggle to hear what he/she's saying so please help🙏

Why i cant hear 3000hz with my left ear,i hear only by 30db that fhz. All other fhz i can hear,just 3000 is problem?

Hi Dr.Cliff, am 23, i just went to the Audiologist and he says tat i have severe hearing loss. My question is: is Invisible Hearing aid be good and approciate for me, And if Yes which type of invisible hearing aid you would recommand me.??????. Thank you for all your videos, it helps

Sir I have hearing loss I can't hear well ,it's very hard to hear in noisy place and also I can't understand what someone is saying(mostly harder to understand in group discussion) . Sir please suggest me treatment for it

I have a hearing loss in my right ear [My Approximation is that i hear only 30-50% on that ear]while my left ear is normal..So i went to a doctor and i went to the audiograms and they told me what i already knew,but gave me some pills that i took and in the end it didnt help but to them it helped and i know i am not crazy but my right ear is like muffled and i hear less on it...So my questions are Will my left ear stay normal if i protect it in maximum effort and should i go to a doctor again and what should i say to them that could help me fix my hearing or is it unfixable. I am 18 I had this hearing loss for quite some time but i didnt go to a doctor because i tought it was nothing

When there is a loud sound like someone pounds a nail, I hear some cracking noise like plastic being crumpled in my left ear. I have a bell's palsy two years ago. Is it because of the bell's palsy why I hearing this?

U r already a legend.

Dr Cliff is there any treatment available for sensoneural hearing loss apart from hearing aid.

I have hearing loss in one ear. Its been like 4 months now, the doctor said to come back in 6 months and no progress has been made. The first I realized I couldnt heat well, my parents went to the doctor after few days and it wasnt the cause of ear wax. I cant remember but It wasnt because of earwax. I dont know how I got this mess. Me sad me so sad

hi, can I ask how does pitch perception in listeners with sensorineural hearing loss?

Im getting hearing problem from both ears since 2010. I hv showed with doctor n they hv suggested to use hearing aid. Is it gud to use hearing aid after loosing 25percent hearing loss?Is there any natural way of treatment?

Ty for the clear enunciation as I just woke up and still need to put hearing aids in haha but I got this kinda hearing loss from 3rd generation cephlasporin antibiotics be careful everyone if you take antibiotics it is rare but does happen

I am 48. On 31/08/2021, after a short afternoon nap, I suddenly could no longer hear from my right ear. The conduit to the tympan had been swollen for a couple of days but nothing serious. I went to the ER and diagnosis was otitis (there was redness surrounding the tympan) with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drops for 5 days. No change. In the shower, could not feel the water jet hitting my tympan. It was that bad. Went back to the ER. Now prescribed oral antibiotics for 5 days. Amoxicillin. No change. Finally went to my GP who diagnosed SSHL and immediately put on oral steroids by an ENT specialist for 10 days 60mg of Prednisone. I did get more flexibility in the ear but no change as to my hearing. Oral steroids were extended for another 4 days at the same dosage and tapered for 3 days. No change. First injection into the ear via the tympan. 1 week later no change. Audio still shows -60 to 80 db for lower frequencies and between -60db and -120db for higher frequencies. Now on a further 7 days of oral steroids, 60mg Prednisone. No change. Absolutely devastated. A buzzing noise in my ear outside when there is a lot of traffic. And it feels blocked. Still clinging to hope but time is against me....

One of my middle ear bones are missing, either disintegrated with ear infections or wasnt born with it, what type of hearing loss would i have?

I caught COVID 3 months ago and took hearing tests, which led to bilateral SNHL in both ears. Mild in my right and moderate in my left ears. I'm also a musician, and I can't hear high-frequency sounds

Hello Dr, My nephew has just been diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss. However, he has been complaining of this pain in his ear for 2 years now! No painkillers or spray works and upon MRI examination, the inside of the ears look normal is what all ENT consultants have said. Where is this pain coming from? It has affected my nephew's life massively and he is on the verge of dropping out of college because of the constant pain. The colder the months get the more he is in pain.

Sir my baby have moderate hearing loss plz give me solution sir

I have a cookie bite hearing loss (as I think I heard you do) and have been encouraged to buy hearing aids to treat this. You said in an interview that hearing aids are not an appropriate treatment for cookie bite hearing loss so I'm curious - what do you recommend?

Is it hearing loss if someone has a difficulty telling what direction a sound is coming from?

If I hear that high pitch ringing regularly a lot does that mean something

Sir my baby 6 years old she suffering from moderate hearing loss right ear 50 to 55 and left ear 45 to 50 then what we do sir.

What hearing aids would you recommend for SNHL?

What is severe hearing loss and wich type this...hearing loss

My cousin was born normal but when he was in 7th grade,due to side effect of some medicine his auditory nerves have dried out. It's been more then like 10 years is there any way he can start hearing back???.

I have moderate SNHL in both ears.

I'm confused on the Cros hearing device. You said it " sends sounds from your bad ear or the ear that no longer hears and re routes it to you better ear." How does it pick up sounds from an ear that no longer hears? My better ear already hears things. I'm just not understanding the dynamics of this device. I'm seeing an audiologist soon and My ENT has recommended this particular device. Please help me understand it more clearly Thank you

Hearing aids could not help my left ear. They fixed in my left ear widex evoke. But I couldn't listen the voice. When they speak I feel vibration of words in my left ear. But can't understand the words. What is the solution of my hearing loss. Any oprate. Or something else.

I was sick this days(cold) , and from the right ear i can't hear really good, but from the other i hear normal, do you think this is from the cold (i have it over 6 days)

Your show is awesome you explain it more cleanly then the Doctor and Audiologist keep the the good work up.!!

I have experience this in 3 times one tim i was taking care of my younger sis while watching tv, the volume is 15 tuen suddenly my left ear and go deaf and i hear high pitched noice, i got scared.. pls help me, i cant go to the hospital cuz theres covid 19 i might get infected, pls help me im also 10 years old...

I lose hearing in one ear suddenly at random but it only last for a few seconds. I even feal a little off when it happens almost off balance.

Hi,Dr.Cliff just Friday my left ear has been acting really strange. Everything is muffled and my ear hurts and it’s making me nauseous and dizzy. I told my parents about it but I don’t think they get how much harder it has gotten to hear. But all of this happened in the middle of the night, so I’m pretty worried. And also thank you for this video

I listen to music a lot And my right ear is ringing really loud for 2 days now. I put rubbing alcohol and it burn a little so I'm hoping it's just ear infection and not permanent hearing loss...

What to do when someone bumps into you on your ear and that you can’t hear good

Hello. Doc. Can moderate hearing loss can cure?

Talks about hearing loss, captions are default ._.

GUYS GUYS Like first before i tell Thx for liking If you had hearing loss Press your ear for like 10 Secs! When You let go Now you had no hearing loss i did this before but it worked!

Hi, I'm Suchona..A medical student.I have profound mixed type hearing loss in right ear and mild sensorineural hearing loss in left ear..will I gradually become deaf? what should I do now to prevent more hearing loss?

My hearing is became deep suddenly but it goes away when i wear earphones what is this?

I have SNHL in both ears, in the very low decibel range..the loss doesn't affect conversational hearing at all..however, I have horrible head tinnitus that sounds like Niagara Falls on the Canadian side. I also have tinnitus in my right ear, but it's very high pitched and I've habituated to it without any problems, in fact, without having to even try...but habituating to the roar in my head is something I've not been able to achieve, I'm in my fifth year dealing with it...some days I have no tinnitus at all. I've been diagnosed with vestibular migraine, but I also have symptoms of Menieres as well as MdDS. How can I make sure I have the right diagnosis?

for a few years now the background noises around me seems to drown out when people are talking people who are talking even near me sounds like they are mumbling

Hi doctor cliff, I have a question. In NIHL, are the hair cells literally dead or just bent, twisted and overturned beyond proper functioning? If it is the later is it possible in future with appropriate methods we can physically untangle and straighten them and apply apply suitable "glue" to hold them straight? Sorry for wasting your time with this silly question.

On December I pushed on my Travis and my right ear started hearing less but after a while it got better and then yesterday my ear started feeling clogged. Idk how to tell my parents lol.

Doc pls help me, Ive been suffering from hearing loss since childhood and now I am 22 years old stil l enduring. I really encountered so much problems about my deafness most especially to work. I often times get embarrassed and bullied coz I can't even hear my seatmates everytime they whispers or talking in a less modulated voice. Huhu I don't know what to do. This really makes me sad.

This is not what I'm looking for, but my ears hear differently, my left ear hears the song normally tho it's the same my right ear hears it at a lower pitch and slower, does anyone know what this is called, is it diplacusis, or something else, cause diplacusis is hearing loss, however, I can hear, it's just not properly

A bit confused with what you said about losing the ability to hear high frequencies. Here's why: I'm 40+, and to add to that, I've grown up from my early teenage years being in very noisy environments (clubs etc 4-6 times a week! lol) for YEARS ON END; and now my profession is also music-related, so I've been in very noisy surroundings for nearly 30 years. VERY frequently. What I don't understand is while I usually can't make out what people are saying when they talk in a lower volume, and when the there's mid-high volume background music I can hear the music but not them (whilst other people in our group can hear them) why is it that high-frequency sounds irritate me (when it doesn't irritate others)?? A bar, for example, had the bass frequencies nearly cut off (neighbors where complaining) and the sound was so terrible that it physically HURT my ears. While friends thought the sound was indeed bad, but were not "hurt" by it as I was. I mean, if, as you say, the reason that I can't make out what people are saying (in the above 2 scenarios I mention) is because I've lost the ability to hear mid-high/high frequencies, then shouldn't that mean that high frequencies would NOT BE ABLE to irritate me (since I can't hear them well to begin with)??

i can still hear clear words and songs at my right ear,but its poor and weak what is this type of ear problem? and can i know the treatment?

My mother's nerves in her ear is strengthless.due to this her hearing ability decreased.anyone know anything about this?and the method to overcome this? I hope anyone will reply to this.due to her hearing problem,we are facing public teases also. So please!!!!

question is conductive hearing loss and sensory neural hearing loss both can't hear? at all

I have mild sensory neural hearing loss in abroad medical for Singapore now what i do plz help me

Since 16 i've had a pretty severe ringing in my left ear. I believe it happened when I was outside my backyard shooting a 16 gauge shotgun. I slowly got worse and it's to the point where there's distortion when people talk. It sounds like a blown speaker and there's pain. I'm now 23 years old. I'm worried of further damaging my left ear to where the slightest sounds cause this sensitivity. I'm writing today to see if anyone has some better insight on what more to do. I saw 2 specialists, the first; saying sorry this happened to you but there's nothing we can do. The second; saying the left ear popping everytime you swallow will slowly alleviate the pressure/trauma and it should heal with time. Do you guys have an idea of what my left ear popping nearly every time I swallow is? I always believed it to be him just trying to give me hope. Lately, i've been hearing this ticking/pulsating sound in my left ear. It seemed like my hyperacusis was only getting worse from it. My ear would feel numb or itchy as well. Another symptom i've noticed is a heartbeat like sound in just my left ear. It tends to cause earaches or headaches, weirdest thing. Obviously stress and drinking can play a huge factor in this as well. I recently purchased air pod pros to be able to play pink noise and utilize transparency mode in order to aid my hearing. I've read posts where they say pink noise for a couple years each day will slowly act like a rehab for your ear. I've only been doing this for maybe 2 weeks. Do you guys find that pink noise was the best option? If so, how loud and what app do you prefer? Does anyone know of an app where you can play pink noise as well as listen to music or a podcast at the same time? Do you know of some ground breaking hearing aid that's unrecognizable that would help in public/busy areas? I was thinking some device that would reduce the noise input coming into your ear and producing a cleaner/lesser output back into the ear. The ringing in my ear is bearable but the loud high frequency distortion is the hardest part.I don't know how much longer i can take it. I tend to avoid loud areas as much as possible but sometimes you can't escape it. You do have to live a little and socialize right? I also play hockey and it's super loud in the rink. Or is it not worth the chance of having it get even worse? Because i cannot even imagine how life would be. Is there some hope in all of this? Paul Stamets has some interesting research with mushrooms/neurogenesis and what not. I do see posts shedding more light on this unfortunate reality which is motivating. Any insight or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I have SNHL in both ears. I’ve had this since I was a kid .... I’ve forced myself to focus more and lip read but lately it hasn’t been working causing me to mess up at my job (I’m 26 diagnosed at 8) so I just got fitted for hearing aids.

Hi Dr. Cliff I was diagnosed with a sensineural hearing loss, during my 10th to 11th grade year of high school my question is do i still have my hearing loss that I was diagnosed with then right now or did it go away on its own? I believe I still have my diagnosed hearing loss.