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Q: Am I Deaf?: How to treat ear damage

asked by: DoctorQuestion on April 17th, 2007

suddenly in about the time frame of about I year I have become profoundly deaf I did a cat scan nothing looked out of the ordinary and ENT doctors just keep telling me the same thing profound hearing loss of high pitch sounds if an alarm or phone is ringing then I cant hear it at all if someone screams I cant hear it but I can fell a vibration deep down inside my ears I am so young is there any chance for salvaging the hearing that I have right now I have to be in front people to hear them and the tv always has to be on caption

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on May 2nd, 2007

Ear, Nose & Throat Disorders Answer A2651

If ear damage is localized in the sound receptor in the inner ear (cochlea), acoustic nerve, sub-cortical acoustic nucleus, acoustic tract or acoustic brain cortex not much can be done. Surgery or a hearing device, however, can be administered if damage is located in the middle ear or outer ear.

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