Causes of hearıng loss

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Causes of hearıng loss

Release Date: 04 07 2020

Hearing loss is caused by many factors, most frequently from natural aging or exposure to loud noise. The most common causes of hearing loss are:

 

Aging

Noise exposure

Head trauma

Genetics

Malformation of outer ear, ear canal, or middle ear structure

Fluid in the middle ear from colds

Ear infection (otitis media – an infection of the middle ear in which an accumulation of fluid may interfere with the movement of the eardrum and ossicles)

Allergies

Poor Eustachian tube function

Perforated eardrum

Benign tumors

Impacted earwax

Infection in the ear canal

Foreign object in the ear

Otosclerosis (a hereditary disorder in which a bony growth forms around a small bone in the middle ear, preventing it from vibrating when stimulated by sound)