Inflammation of the middle ear with an accumulation of thin, watery (serous) fluid.

(sen-sor-ee-NOOR-al) A hearing loss caused by damage (abnormal function) of the cochlea and/or auditory nerve. Often called “nerve deafness.” Typically a sensorineural hearing loss is the result of damaged or dead hair cells (nerve endings) in the inner ear. More than 90% of adults with hearing loss have this kind of hearing loss.

In cochlear implants, the sensitivity control determines how sensitive the microphone is. High sensitivity settings cause the microphone gain to increase. This can be good in a quiet environment, but in a noisy environment, it results in poor loudness relationships between soft and loud sounds. The general rule of thumb is to set the sensitivity about […]

Any of the three tubes that form the vestibular labyrinth in the inner ear. The canals are filled with fluid and contain hair cells sensitive to fluid movement, which assist with your sense of balance.

The general method used for fitting hearing aids in which more power is provided at the pitches where a person has greater hearing loss and less power is provided at the pitches where the hearing is closer to normal.

See Speech Detection Threshold. (Same as Speech Awareness Threshold.)