Conditions We Treat

As the parent of a child with newly diagnosed hearing loss, you will have many questions and concerns regarding the nature of this problem, its effects on your child’s future, treatment options, and resources. This brief guide will give you necessary initial information, and provide guidance about the availability of resources, and the respective roles of different care providers.

Conductive hearing loss results when there is any problem in delivering sound energy to your cochlea, the hearing part in the inner ear.

An autosomal recessive trait is characterized by having parents who are heterozygous carriers for mutant forms of the gene in question but are not affected by the disorder. The problem gene that would cause the disorder is suppressed by the normal gene.

Conductive hearing loss is a form of hearing loss where the transmission of sound from the environment to the inner ear is impaired, usually from an abnormality of the external auditory canal or middle ear.

More than three million American children have a hearing loss and an estimated 1.3 million of them are under three years of age. Parents and grandparents are usually the first to discover hearing loss in a baby, because they spend the most time with them. If at any time you suspect your baby has a hearing loss, discuss it with your doctor.

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) happens when there is damage to tiny hair cells in the cochlear and/or the auditory nerve.