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Will vestibular neuritis leads to hearing loss?

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Dr. Larry Marcus answered

Specializes in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery

No: Vestibular neuritis is an inflammation of the nerve of balance in your inner ear. Sometimes the inflammation also involves the adjacent nerve of hearing - which would cause hearing loss, but the presence of vestibular neuritis itself does not directly cause hearing loss now or in the future.

Answered 2/27/2013

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No: Vestibular neuritis is, by definition, inflammation of the balance nerve.As such, hearing is unaffected.

Answered 5/20/2014

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