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It’s the type IV collagen in the basement membrane of my cochlea, or inner ear, that is abnormal and contributes to sensorineural hearing loss.

Maguire has sensorineural bilateral hearing loss, which stems from damaged hair cells within the inner ear and impacts his hearing.

Hearing specialists divide hearing loss into two main categories: conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.

But his most torrential downpour might be the one he’s currently sheltering, sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

"Jamie is not completely deaf but had a mixed pattern of deafness with both congestion and an underlying sensorineural hearing loss which could have been diagnosed earlier."