This helps to understand the need and significance for the different diagnostic tests. It also stresses the importance of having conclusive test results and qualified specialists managing our care. Hearing loss affects over 30 million people in North America. With the previous explanation, hearing imbalance now makes a lot of sense. It can be suggested that if impairment is present, then balance is not.
Balance means both parts are working equally well.
If they are not, then imbalance occurs. This shows up as dizziness or vertigo. Sometimes both are impaired, but often it is just one. In some people both ears are involved, but for most, it remains with one ear. Conductive impairment is about the mechanics of the transmission of the sound waves.