Deafness question

[fayanora]

I have a new character in one of my books who is deaf due to a completely non-functional auditory nerve as the result of a family curse

Comments

[tabaqui]

It looks like some will have that issue, but not *all*.

https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/ansd.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783682/

[verrucaria]

If only the cochlear nerve part of the vestibulocochlear nerve is affected, balance issues, etc., shouldn't be a problem.

[dragonlaire]

The answer is no. These symptoms are associated with middle ear abnormalities or injuries, which will reduce the effective hearing range but are unrelated to deafness, which is an inner ear condition.