Editorial: Otologic Trauma, Pathology, and Therapy

The current Research Topic tries to highlight some of the most relevant recent advances regarding sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). The etiology of SNHL primarily involves hereditary factors, ototoxic drugs, noise, and aging, all of which trigger two main mechanisms: damage to the organ of Corti, namely mechanosensory hair cells (HCs) and non-sensory supporting cells (SCs), and/or loss of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) that subsequently form the auditory nerve and hence connect the inner ear to the brain.