- retrocochlear hearing loss
- sensorineural hearing loss in which the lesion is proximal to the cochlea, in the vestibulocochlear nerve or one of the auditory areas of the brain.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
retrocochlear hearing loss
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sensorineural hearing loss — hearing loss due to a lesion in either the cochlea (sensory mechanism of the ear), the vestibulocochlear nerve, the central neural pathways, or a combination of these structures. It is sometimes subdivided into cochlear h. l. and retrocochlear h … Medical dictionary
