When we have a high-frequency hearing loss, it can cause us to have difficulty understanding high-pitched voices . Children’s voices and women’s voices can become difficult to hear clearly. People with high-frequency hearing loss are also likely to have difficulty hearing high-pitched beeping and bird songs.
Read moreWhat frequency is sensorineural deafness?
As hearing loss progresses, the rate of hearing loss decreases. Loss is always greater at the frequencies 3000-6000 Hz than at 500-2000 Hz. Loss is usually greatest at 4000 Hz.
Read moreIs high-frequency hearing loss conductive or sensorineural?
Causes of high-frequency hearing loss A high-frequency hearing loss is typically a sensorineural hearing loss , which is a hearing loss normally caused by damage to the hair cells in the inner ear that receives the sounds and convert them to signals that are transmitted to the brain by the auditory nerves.
Read moreDoes hearing fluctuate with Meniere’s disease?
Eight ears in the later stages of Meniere’s, contrary to expected, also recorded fluctuation across all frequencies . Self-hearing testing Meniere’s ears over eight weeks revealed great hearing fluctuation with significant changes in audiogram configuration.
Read moreDoes Meniere’s disease cause high frequency hearing loss?
However, Meniere’s disease is unpredictable and the hearing loss may not affect low frequencies, but instead high frequencies . Some people will gradually develop more serious levels of hearing loss, which may be only in one ear or both ears. The hearing loss can range from mild to profound.
Read moreCan hearing loss from Meniere’s be reversed?
Because hearing loss, even total hearing loss, can usually be restored (to some degree) through a variety of hearing technologies and medical devices .
Read moreIs hearing loss from Meniere’s disease permanent?
Hearing loss in Meniere’s disease may come and go, particularly early on. Eventually, most people have some permanent hearing loss . Ringing in the ear (tinnitus). Tinnitus is the perception of a ringing, buzzing, roaring, whistling or hissing sound in your ear.
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