Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is hearing loss that results from damage to either the cochlea or the cochlear nerve.
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Complications for Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Many patients learn to cope with loss of hearing from one ear. They learn how to position themselves in a conference room or a restaurant, for example, to maximize hearing. Unfortunately, these patients have an inability to localize the direction a sound is coming from.
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About Dr. Prasad
Dr. Sanjay Prasad MD FACS is a board certified physician and surgeon with over thirty-two years of sub-specialty experience in Otology, Neurotology, advanced head and neck oncologic surgery, and cranial base surgery. He is chief surgeon and founder of the private practice, Metropolitan NeuroEar Group, located in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area.