Health Watch (Sensorineural Hearing Loss)
Bad H(ear) Day! The human ear is a vital sense organ in the body. Any minor injury or infection inflicted on its delicate parts can induce irreversible damage to the aural organ in want of timely care and cure. The latest condition plaguing the pair of ears is sensorineural hearing loss. ENT specialists weigh in. Pic Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons By PRAMITA BOSE Do you sleep with your earbuds on, listening to your favourite playlist? Or do you keep your mobile phone in bed beside your head and ears, frequently checking time and receiving emergency calls in the dead of the night, if any? Or are you constantly exposing your ears to loud, ear-splitting music on your iPod or boom box? Beware of such habits. These could result in partial or permanent hearing impairment. Either the sensitive hair cells of the inner ear or the brain’s central processing nerve centres could be affected due to the harmful effects of jarring sounds and noises or on health grounds . Recently, renowned Bolly