Diseases

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Hearing loss resulting from damage to the COCHLEA and the sensorineural elements which lie internally beyond the oval and round windows. These elements include the AUDITORY NERVE and its connections in the BRAINSTEM.

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Abstract

Hearing loss resulting from damage to the COCHLEA and the sensorineural elements which lie internally beyond the oval and round windows. These elements include the AUDITORY NERVE and its connections in the BRAINSTEM.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Deafness Neurosensory
  • Deafness, Neurosensory
  • Deafness, Sensoryneural
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
  • Neurosensory Deafness
  • Sensoryneural Deafness
  • Deafnesses, Neurosensory
  • Deafnesses, Sensoryneural
  • Neurosensory Deafnesses
  • Sensoryneural Deafnesses
  • Cochlear Hearing Loss
  • Hearing Loss, Cochlear

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

HEARING LOSS, MIXED CONDUCTIVE-SENSORINEURAL is also available

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History Note

79

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Previous Indexing

  • Deafness (1966-1978)

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NLM Classification

WV 270

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006319. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006319
  2. Sensorineural Hearing Loss. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensorineural_hearing_loss
  3. Sensorineural Hearing Loss. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q928697