Can unilateral sensorineural hearing loss be cured?

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Hearing loss caused by deafness often makes it difficult for patients to speak smoothly with classmates or relatives and friends in school or social situations. At the same time, they also seem powerless when communicating on the phone, as if they feel isolated. Being unable to hear car horns may lead to traffic accidents. At the same time, because you often cannot hear what others are saying, it is easy to cause misunderstandings and affect interpersonal relationships.


Can unilateral sensorineural hearing loss be cured?
Sensorineural deafness is a common type of hearing loss. It is caused by lesions of cochlear hair cells, auditory nerves or auditory centers at all levels. Among them, those caused by hair cell lesions are called sensorineural deafness. The lesions are located in the auditory nerve and its Those with conductive pathways are called neurological deafness.
Whether sensorineural hearing loss can be cured is an issue that attracts the most attention. Unfortunately, according to the current medical level, most sensorineural hearing loss cannot be cured through drug treatment.
Because sensorineural deafness is caused by damage to the nerve cells that sense and transmit sound. Unlike scratches, which can heal, damage to nerve cells is irreversible and cannot be regenerated.


The chance of curing sensorineural hearing loss is low. For now, doctors can only treat sensorineural deafness with a few medications. In the early stages of treatment, doctors generally use glucocorticoid neurotropic drugs to treat patients. If the patient's treatment effect is not particularly good, the drug will be stopped and allowed to develop naturally. Doctors generally do not recommend treatment to patients unless it affects their daily lives.

Main symptoms:
1. High-frequency hearing loss: often occurs in patients with sensorineural deafness. Patients have difficulty hearing high-frequency consonants such as c, s, x, q, j, etc. Poor speech understanding: often feels that other people’s speech is unclear.
2. Revitalization phenomenon: Patients with cochlear sensorineural hearing loss have revitalization phenomenon. They may not be able to hear sounds of moderate intensity, but if the intensity of the sound increases any more, they find it intolerable.
3. Tinnitus: Patients with sensorineural hearing loss often have tinnitus, which often occurs before deafness. Tinnitus is a high-frequency sound that is often unilateral. Sometimes, although it is present on both sides, only the heavier side is noticed.
4. Vertigo: Illusion caused by vestibular lesions in the inner ear. During an attack of vertigo, patients often feel that the surrounding scenery is spinning.

There is currently no good solution, mainly hearing aids or cochlear implants