Definition of sensorineural in English:
sensorineural
adjectiveˌsɛns(ə)rɪˈnjʊər(ə)lˌsen(t)sərēˈn(y)o͝orəl
Medicine (of hearing loss) caused by a lesion or disease of the inner ear or the auditory nerve.
Example sentencesExamples
- Vitamin B family medication is prescribed whenever sensorineural hearing loss exists, such as in our case, to promote the recovery of this component of hearing loss.
- To some extent the utility of the various hearing screening tests depends on the age of the patient and whether hearing loss is sensorineural or conductive.
- Temporal bone fractures can cause unilateral sensorineural and conductive hearing loss.
- Symptoms include the acute onset of vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, nausea and emesis.
- Moreover, tinnitus is often found in people with severe sensorineural hearing loss or following physical damage to the inner ear, which would argue against a cochlear origin for the condition.
Definition of sensorineural in US English:
sensorineural
adjectiveˌsen(t)sərēˈn(y)o͝orəl
Medicine (of hearing loss) caused by a lesion or disease of the inner ear or the auditory nerve.
Example sentencesExamples
- To some extent the utility of the various hearing screening tests depends on the age of the patient and whether hearing loss is sensorineural or conductive.
- Vitamin B family medication is prescribed whenever sensorineural hearing loss exists, such as in our case, to promote the recovery of this component of hearing loss.
- Symptoms include the acute onset of vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitus, nausea and emesis.
- Moreover, tinnitus is often found in people with severe sensorineural hearing loss or following physical damage to the inner ear, which would argue against a cochlear origin for the condition.
- Temporal bone fractures can cause unilateral sensorineural and conductive hearing loss.