Jill is diagnosed with sensorineural deafness, a disorder in which sound waves are transmitted normally to the inner ear but they are not translated into neural signals that travel to the brain. sometimes the cause is a problem with the auditory nerve, but in jill's case it has to do with a problem in the inner ear itself. where in the inner ear is the disruption most likely located?

The interruption is at the level of the cochlea. The cochlea is considered the true organ to hear, of the ear. When damaged, a sensorineural hearing loss occurs. This term may be associated with one or two problems: Sensory loss where the inner ear will be compromised or neural loss where the commitment is at the nerve level.

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