People often ask “Can neurogenic deafness be treated?”. This is a common question. In order to answer this question, let’s first understand the classification of deafness. Hearing loss can be divided into three types depending on the structure of the ear and the location of the onset: conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss, and mixed hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss refers to hearing disorders that are caused by lesions in the outer and middle ear sound-transmitting mechanisms and impairment of sound transmission to the inner ear, for example, cerumen embolism and otitis media. From the treatment point of view, most of the conductive hearing loss can be well treated by medical interventions such as medication and surgery. Therefore, to the patient who mentioned whether conductive deafness can be treated? Our answer is that deafness itself is caused by a disease of the ear, and by treating the disease of the ear, conductive deafness can be treated accordingly, and the lost hearing can be restored. Generally speaking, conductive hearing loss does not exceed 60 decibels, which is a moderate hearing loss. Sensorineural deafness is a hearing loss that results from the impact on the inner ear and its auditory nerve, in which an important part of the inner ear: the cochlear lesion is the main location. This type of deafness cannot change sound waves into nerve signals or the nerve and its central pathways become impaired to transmit nerve signals to the brain. Common hearing disorders include senile hearing loss, Meniere’s disease, ototoxic drug deafness, noise deafness, and auditory neuroma. Generally speaking, there are two parts of sensorineural deafness: the sensorineural part is the damaged outer hair cells of the human cochlea, and the hearing loss in this part is at most about 65 decibels, while the neural part is the inner hair cells of the human cochlea, and if damaged, the hearing loss will be close to 100 decibels. Regardless of the cause of deafness, the end result is permanent damage to the cochlea, producing irreversible hearing loss. This means that it cannot be treated by medication. Clinically, sensorineural deafness cannot be restored through medication or surgery, and this has been well documented by numerous basic and clinical studies and their trials over the years. Many patients may not be able to accept this answer and feel as if they have a terminal illness. In fact, it is unnecessary to feel this way, as sensorineural deafness can be treated rehabilitatively, such as wearing hearing aids or cochlear implants. Patients can still establish the ability to communicate with others and live and work in society as normal hearing people do. The third type of deafness is mixed deafness, which is the presence of lesions in both the conductive and sensorineural structures, such as long-term chronic suppurative otitis media, advanced otosclerosis, and blast deafness. As described earlier, the conductive part of hearing loss can be restored by treatment, but the sensorineural hearing loss is untreatable. Some media advertisements in the market currently frantically introduce panaceas and ancestral recipes for deafness, negatively propagating and misleading patients, which are actually not credible. It can only delay the recovery of deafness, especially in children, and may delay the precious time of recovery.