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sensorineural hearing loss
that caused by some pathological change in structures within the inner ear (sensory hearing loss) or in the vestibulocochlear nerve or acoustic pathways in the brain (neural hearing loss), with dysfunction in perception or interpretation of sound waves. Common causes include hereditary disease, aging (presbycusis), noise damage, viral childhood infections, skull fractures, intracranial tumors, ototoxic drugs, and Rh incompatibility during fetal life (see discussion under Rh factor).

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