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): --
This seemed to have an effect on the sensorineural component of their hearing loss.
If the loss is sensorineural, the tone will be louder in the unaffected ear.
If a conductive hearing loss occurs in conjunction with a sensorineural hearing loss, it is referred to as a mixed hearing loss.
Candidates for cochlear implants have severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears but still have a healthy auditory nerve.