What are the causes of sensorineural hearing loss in children?

Sensorineural hearing loss can cause great harm to children. It can cause hearing loss and have a certain impact on their physical and mental health development. So what are the causes of sensorineural hearing loss in children? The main cause of this disease is deafness caused by drug stimulation, or it may be deafness caused by viruses. Let us take a closer look at it.

The causes of sensorineural hearing loss in children may be as follows:

① Toxic deafness caused by continuous use of antibiotics such as streptomycin, kanamycin, gentamicin, etc. in children after they become ill.

②Sudden deafness caused by viral infection or inner ear vascular embolism.

③ Infectious deafness caused by infectious diseases such as meningitis, measles, typhoid fever, etc.

④ Blast-induced deafness caused by trauma, explosion, or noise.

According to Chinese medicine, the ear is the orifice of the kidney, which is perfused by the twelve meridians and connected to the brain. The etiology and pathogenesis may include wind-heat invasion, liver fire disturbance, phlegm-fire stagnation, kidney essence deficiency, spleen and stomach weakness, etc. The clinical manifestations are mainly hearing impairment, reduction or even disappearance. Children often feel that there are cicadas or other sounds in their ears, which are more obvious in a quiet environment. It may be accompanied by fever, headache, irritability, abdominal distension, backache and fatigue, etc.

I hope that the above analysis of the causes of sensorineural hearing loss in children will be of some help to everyone. I also hope that parents will do a good job in related care, pay attention to preventing children from taking random medicines in life, avoid letting children get hurt, and do a good job in caring for and protecting their children.