Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Research on sensorineural hearing loss detailed by S.S. Dacosta and co-authors

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, February 5th, 2009

"Chronic otitis media is generally associated with some degree of hearing loss, which is often the patient's chief complaint. This hearing loss is usually conductive, resulting from tympanic membrane rupture and/or changes in the ossicular chain due to fixation or erosion caused by the chronic inflammatory process," scientists in Porto Alegre, Brazil report.

"When cholesteatoma or granulation tissue is present in the middle ear cleft, the degree of ossicular destruction is even greater. An issue that has recently gained attention is additional sensorineural hearing loss due to chronic otitis media. While the conductive loss can be minimized through surgery,...

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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2009-02-05)

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