Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to the cochlea in the inner ear or damage to the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of permanent hearing loss.
We donât really know why migraines cause light sensitivity, but itâs clear nearly everyone with migraine will tell you that they have sensitivity to light during an attack and many patients with migraine will tell you that certain kinds of light can trigger an attack (particularly those found in big box stores such as Target and Walmart).
In a 2004 study, almost a quarter of the 673 migraine sufferers studied had some type of smell sensitivity during a migraine. An older study, done in 1985, of 50 migraine sufferers found 45 had light sensitivity, 40 had nausea, 32 sound sensitivity and 20 sensitivity to smell. 1  In the study: 2  8 couldnât be around the smell of cigarette or cigar smoke, 3  6 avoided the smell of cooking. 4  5 disliked the smell of soap, perfume or aftershave.