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ENTModerate
Hearing Loss
ENT (Otorhinolaryngology) · ENT
Moderate
Severity
Common — affects over 5% of the world's population to a disabling degree
Prevalence
No
Contagious
ENT (Otorhinolaryngology)
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Conductive hearing loss is commonly caused by earwax buildup
- 2fluid from ear infections
- 3eardrum perforation
- 4or abnormalities of the small bones in the middle ear. Sensorineural hearing loss most often results from age-related degeneration of the inner ear's hair cells
- 5prolonged exposure to loud noise
- 6certain medications toxic to the ear
- 7viral infections
- 8or genetic factors. Sudden sensorineural hearing loss can occur due to vascular events
- 9viral infections
- 10or autoimmune inner ear disease and constitutes an urgent medical evaluation.
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