Expert Treatment for Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to your inner ear or its nerves leading to your brain. A cochlear implant can improve hearing by bypassing the damaged areas of your inner ear. This surgically implanted device, combined with education and guidance to learn how to interpret new sounds, can be life-changing.

When you’re seeking the latest treatments for hearing loss, you can count on us. We’re sought out for our specialty care, advanced approaches and high-tech hearing implants. You work with a team of doctors, surgeons, audiologists (hearing specialists), speech-language therapists and other hearing specialists and get individual attention and personalized care. 

We are the first in California to offer robotic-assisted technology for cochlear implants. Robotic-assisted technology is designed to maximize surgical outcomes to preserve the delicate structures within the cochlea. If you are interested in more information about robotic-assisted technology for cochlear implants, please contact our office at roboticci@med.usc.edu.

Treatment Options for Sensorineural Hearing Loss

What Is Conductive Versus Sensorineural Hearing Loss? 

Conductive hearing loss happens when there’s a problem with sound getting through your outer and middle ear. Infections, earwax, excess fluid, colds and allergies, and other problems can cause this. This type of hearing loss is usually treatable with medicine or surgery.

Sensorineural hearing loss happens when your inner ear or the nerve pathways in this area of your ear that lead to your brain are damaged. 

This type of hearing loss can be caused by:

• Aging
• Congenital (present at birth) or hereditary inner ear problems
• Exposure to very loud sounds (such as explosions)
• Illnesses
• Traumatic injuries

Sensorineural hearing loss is usually permanent, and cochlear implants are one of only a few treatments. A cochlear implant can offer hope, when you haven’t gotten the results you want with a hearing aid or other assistive devices. Our team specializes in helping people improve their ability to hear and communicate with greater confidence.