If a person had sensorineural deafness, why would a bone-vibrating hearing aid be useless?

What will be an ideal response?


Sensorineural deafness is due to damaged hair cells, not to sound conduction problems. A bone-vibrating hearing aid would work best for conduction deafness.

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