How to Use sensorineural in a Sentence
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Ben was diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss in both ears at birth.
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Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
5 Dec. 2025
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Kwan is hard of hearing due to bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and relies on hearing aids and lip-reading to communicate.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
1 June 2026
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One possibility is sudden sensorineural hearing loss, which affects the inner ear.
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Angela Haupt,
Time,
16 Oct. 2026
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She was also diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, an effect of Usher syndrome, as a baby.
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Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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The official diagnosis was sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), which, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America, is a rapid loss of hearing — typically within 72 hours — often affecting only one ear.
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Jordan Greene,
People.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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