0 used to refer to a type of hearing loss caused by damage to, or disease in, the the inner ear or by damage to the auditory nerve (= a nerve in the ear that carries electrical signals from the inner ear to the brain):
Candidates for cochlear implants have severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears but still have a healthy auditory nerve.
If a conductive hearing loss occurs in conjunction with a sensorineural hearing loss, it is referred to as a mixed hearing loss.
If the loss is sensorineural, the tone will be louder in the unaffected ear.
This seemed to have an effect on the sensorineural component of their hearing loss.
