Home > ENT-ear,nose and throat > Common Causes of Hearing Loss Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Jul 07, 2008 by AlvinKatz, Views: 6913 Dr. Alvin Katz of the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital discusses the causes of hearing loss. Frequently exposure to noise at their job can cause hearing loss. Usually people with hearing loss have tinnitus in addition, which is a ringing in the ear. I am a health care practitioner, I had sudden sensorineural hearing loss myself. I was living in Hawaii at the time, and surfing, and it turned out to be a peri lymph fistula. I had 2 operations, the first in Hawaii, the second in NY. The second was now 14 years ago and my hearing loss is very stable, and I only get vertigo if I go on a cruise. docdrh 12.5 years ago