Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss, The Mysterious impairment for sudden hearing loss

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (also known as SHL) continues to puzzle doctors around the world. How would you feel if you suddenly noticed you have impaired hearing? Unlike traditional hearing loss, that happens very slowly and is barely perceptible – Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is immediately, instantly or over a couple of days; leaving nothing but distressed patients and doctors. It would be nice to tell you that 21st century medicine could easily track down and fix this sort of hearing problem, but unfortunately, this isn’t the case.

It would be nice to know what causes this mysterious hearing loss syndrome, but it’s believed that this is just a symptom and not a disease by itself. Viruses, auto-immune, vascular, and membrane rupture have all been considered: but no one was able to reach a conclusion yet. Fortunately, even without us knowing the best course of action to deal with this type of Sudden sensorineural hearing loss, there are some good news.

It is believed that most patients can face a spontaneous recovery from SHL within two weeks. Some patients requiring no treatment, others recovering to functional hearing levels with minimal hearing loss which – to make it even more surprising - can later return to normal levels in the next few weeks. Unfortunately, there’s no way to know who will recover, why, when, or if. The odds are on your side, but the fact remains this puzzling "Sudden sensorineural hearing loss" is still far from being well understood by modern medicine.