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Hidden Hearing Loss: When Your Hearing Test Looks Normal

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Your hearing test can look “normal” while conversations still sound blurry... especially in noisy places. One possible reason is hidden hearing loss: damage to the delicate ribbon synapses that connect inner-ear hair cells to the auditory nerve. These tiny connections help carry sound information to the brain, and noise exposure can damage them even before standard tests detect obvious hearing loss....

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