Unilateral Hearing Loss - Signs and Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms

Patients with unilateral hearing loss have difficulty in

  • hearing conversation on their impaired side
  • localizing sound
  • understanding speech in the presence of background noise.

In quiet conditions, speech discrimination is approximately the same for normal hearing and those with unilateral deafness; however, in noisy environments speech discrimination varies individually and ranges from mild to severe.

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