Tinnitus and hearing: Hearing loss usually is associated with tinnitus. The loss can come from damage to the auditory nerve, or the hearing portion of the inner ear (both, which also as a vestibular component). There can be vascular damage, infection or hereditary causes. Sometimes trauma, or exposure to loud noises unilaterally can cause this.
Answered 7/8/2013
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Hearing loss: Genetics, infection, acoustic trauma, idiopathic. Acoustic neuroma is fairly uncommon though needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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