Amazing! A woman can't hear men's voices

Amazing! A woman can't hear men's voices

Chen, from Xiamen in China, woke up one day and she was unable to hear her boyfriend when he spoke - or any men, as it turned out. After Chen went to a specialist ear, nose and throat doctor (ENT) she was diagnosed with a condition called 'reverse-slope hearing loss'. This condition hinders Chen's ability to hear low frequency sounds, such as the average grown man's voice.

The ENT specialist at Qianpu Hospital and female doctor, Dr. Lin Xiaoqing, said: "She was able to hear me when I spoke to her, but when a young male patient walked in, she couldn't hear him at all."

This kind of low frequency hearing loss is said to be caused by a number of different things such as Wolfram Syndrome 1, Meniere's disease, Mondini dysplasi and sudden hearing loss.

But Dr Xiaoqing said Chen may have developed the condition duo to fatigue and stress after Chen said she'd been getting stressed and losing sleep over working too much.

'Sensorineural hearing loss' can result in a low frequency hearing loss - a type caused by inner ear hair cells getting damaged. Any damage to the cells can impact a person's hearing because the hair cells make the sound travel from the outer ear to the brain.

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