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Can brain injuries or brain damage cause deafness?
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Yes: We don't hear with our ears, we hear with our brains. Injury to the auditory nerve from the ear to the brain or injury to the areas of the brain involved with hearing can result in deafness, .
Answered 1/7/2019
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