Conditions We Treat

Hearing loss can be congenital (present at birth) or progressive (get worse over time), and in one ear or both ears. We evaluate children for cochlear implants from birth. In some cases, children can receive an implant as early as six months old. There’s a wide range of conditions and environmental factors that may affect hearing, including:

• Auditory neuropathy includes issues with the auditory nerve, which prevent sounds from traveling to the brain.
• Cochlear abnormalities or differences in cochlear anatomy
• Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is an infection that can cause health problems, including hearing loss, that appear at birth or later during infancy or childhood.
• Exposure to medications that damage the inner ear
• Genetic conditions and syndromes
• Head trauma or skull fracture
• Meningitis is inflammation in the brain and spinal cord membranes, usually because of infection.
• Noise exposure
• Unilateral hearing loss (single-sided deafness)