Sensorineural Hearing Loss and its Management through Ayurveda – A Case Study

Abstract

Hearing is one of the primary modes of communication. Hearing loss is one of the  most common sensory deficit and it comprises a broad spectrum of clinical  presentations. Impairment of hearing occurs when there is inability for sounds to  be transmitted through or interpreted by our brain. Disorders of internal ear and  auditory nerve will lead to sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). The management of  the SNHL is conventionally with rehabilitation with hearing aids and cochlear  implants, and the option for pharmacologically treating the hearing impairment is  limited. Hence there is need to lookback to our classical methods as told by our  Acharyas for treating SNHL. In Ayurveda, hearing loss can be correlated to  badhirya, wherein many therapeutic procedures, formulations have been told by  our acharyas for the successful management of badhirya. So in the present case an  attempt is made to treat a case of SNHL through ayurveda treatment strategy.