What is sensorineural hearing loss?
Sensorineural hearing loss (or sensorineural deafness) is the most common of the three types of hearing loss (with the other two being conductive hearing loss and mixed hearing loss).
This type of hearing loss implies that the tiny hair cells in the inner ear or the auditory nerve (responsible for transmitting sound to the brain) are damaged. It is most often caused by the natural aging process or exposure to loud sounds.