A new study has suggested that relatively short-term hearing disorder during childhood may result in a form of 'lazy ear' that hampers long-term hearing.

It is apparently known that degraded sensory experience during crucial episodes of childhood development may have disadvantageous consequences on the brain and behavior.

The research, published by Cell Press in the March 11 issue of the journal Neuron, posted that, much similar to visual cortex, development of the auditory cortex poses to be at a high risk, if it does not receive required stimulation at just the desired time.

In addition, the expert also revealed that the study is carried further to find whether auditory perceptual training may also be a helpful approach to accelerate recovery in individuals with unresolved auditory processing deficits stemming from childhood hearing loss.