About Your Hearing

Conductive Hearing Loss occurs in the ear canal, ear drum and middle ear space. It represents 5% of all hearing losses.  It is typically caused by trauma or diseases, such as external or middle ear infections, fluid, wax impaction or malformation of the ear. It is most often treated with medical intervention.



Sensorineural Hearing Loss occurs in the inner ear (cochlea).  It represents about 95% of all hearing losses.  Causes of this hearing loss include aging, noise exposure, disease and genetics.  This is often referred to as “nerve loss or nerve deafness.”  It is usually treated with hearing aids and amplification.



Mixed hearing loss is a combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss.