Hearing aids are most appreciated with greater than 30dB hearing loss with good discrimination. All hearing aids MUST be purchased with a full moneyback 30 day trial period. Special enhancing coils are typically used, so be sure to indicate suspicion for a CPA tumor. Most sensorineural hearing loss is symmetric and insidious in onset. Some are confounded by the companion tinnitus.
Audiology is recommended.
For those having communication difficulties, hearing aid evaluation is recommended. Three situations warrant special concern. The first is acute sensorineural hearing loss. The second is asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss and the third is sensorineural hearing loss with abnormalities of discrimination. Acute sensorineural hearing loss is potentially an autoimmune disease.