Epilepsy can cause various ear related symptoms such as sensorineural hearing loss as well as auditory processing disorders. This occurs due to the effect of epilepsy to the neurological structures which is involved in hearing. Hearing loss and auditory processing disorder as a side effect of epilepsy is usually permanent in nature and requires intervention by an audiologist.
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A certain type of uncommon epilepsy occurs with sound features. This disorder causes seizures usually characterized by sound-related (auditory) symptoms such as buzzing, humming, or ringing. Some people experience more complex sounds during a seizure, such as specific voices or music, or changes in the volume of sounds. This epilepsy is referred to as Autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features (ADPEAF) and is an uncommon form of epilepsy that runs in families.
Some people with ADPEAF suddenly become unable to understand language before losing consciousness during a seizure.
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