The statement 'Sensorineural hearing loss can be treated medically or surgically' is:

The statement 'Sensorineural hearing loss can be treated medically or surgically' is:

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Sometimes true
• D. Not sure

Answer: (B)

Sensorineural hearing loss involves damage to the inner ear or the auditory nerve, and most of this damage isn’t reversible with standard medical or surgical treatments. There are a few specific situations where medical management can help—for example, sudden SNHL is sometimes treated with steroids, and some autoimmune inner-ear conditions respond to immunosuppressive therapy—but these are exceptions, not the rule. Surgical approaches mostly address problems that cause conductive loss or provide a device (like a cochlear implant) to access sound, rather than curing SNHL itself. In practice, management centers on amplification (hearing aids), cochlear implants for severe cases, and aural rehabilitation to optimize communication. So, saying SNHL can be treated medically or surgically as a blanket statement isn’t correct.

Sensorineural hearing loss involves damage to the inner ear or the auditory nerve, and most of this damage isn’t reversible with standard medical or surgical treatments. There are a few specific situations where medical management can help—for example, sudden SNHL is sometimes treated with steroids, and some autoimmune inner-ear conditions respond to immunosuppressive therapy—but these are exceptions, not the rule. Surgical approaches mostly address problems that cause conductive loss or provide a device (like a cochlear implant) to access sound, rather than curing SNHL itself. In practice, management centers on amplification (hearing aids), cochlear implants for severe cases, and aural rehabilitation to optimize communication. So, saying SNHL can be treated medically or surgically as a blanket statement isn’t correct.