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Hearing Loss Types: Sensorineural, Conductive, Central and Mixed

February 22nd, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed

Older Americans are the third most prevalent sufferers of chronic hearing loss, and it is believed that 25% to 40% of people aged 60 and above suffer from hearing loss. To be exact, there are three types of hearing loss that are most often encountered in clinical practice, and these are sensorineural, conductive as well as central hearing loss.

There may also be a mixed or fourth type of hearing loss that is a combination of conductive and sensorineural hearing loss. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of hearing loss and accounts for approximately 90% of all hearing loss. Read the rest of this entry »